15 months ago I was involved in a major road incident where I was hit by a flat be truck whilst riding at about 35km/h on what Australia considers to be a bike lane (painted line). I flew 10m/30ft through the air, (catching my leg on the tray of the truck on the way) before landing on the road beside passing traffic. Luckily traffic was moving slow at the time or it may have been far worse.
Outcome was that I lost a 10cm/4" square piece of skin off the back of my leg.
But even worse my Moots Compact was completely written off (apart from 2 brake calipers and a Chris King headset).
Upon recovery I had decided to have an Australian builder make me a frame, but after waiting 8 months and going past my build date, I contacted him to find out what was going on. He told me that I still had 9 frames ahead of me and another 6 month wait, to which I responded that he needed to give me a refund and I would look elsewhere. The hunt restarted, with me considering used Litespeeds and looking into options from Firefly and Form. Then a week ago I typed "Moots Compact for sale" into Google and was blown away to see that the 3rd listing on Google was a 58cm Compact for sale in Melbourne. Exactly the frame I was looking for, in my size and with a matching stem, seatpost, fork and CK headset already installed for $2500AUD. Even better I was heading to Melbourne the very next day to run a cycling roundtable.
The poor guy must have thought I was insane as I left him a mad voice message as well as 2 texts basically saying I wanted to arrange to view it but that unless it was seriously damaged, I would take it. Short story, I viewed it agreed to take it and it arrived at my home 3 days later.
Build will be Campagnolo Record.
Completed pics later this week.
Outcome was that I lost a 10cm/4" square piece of skin off the back of my leg.
But even worse my Moots Compact was completely written off (apart from 2 brake calipers and a Chris King headset).
Upon recovery I had decided to have an Australian builder make me a frame, but after waiting 8 months and going past my build date, I contacted him to find out what was going on. He told me that I still had 9 frames ahead of me and another 6 month wait, to which I responded that he needed to give me a refund and I would look elsewhere. The hunt restarted, with me considering used Litespeeds and looking into options from Firefly and Form. Then a week ago I typed "Moots Compact for sale" into Google and was blown away to see that the 3rd listing on Google was a 58cm Compact for sale in Melbourne. Exactly the frame I was looking for, in my size and with a matching stem, seatpost, fork and CK headset already installed for $2500AUD. Even better I was heading to Melbourne the very next day to run a cycling roundtable.
The poor guy must have thought I was insane as I left him a mad voice message as well as 2 texts basically saying I wanted to arrange to view it but that unless it was seriously damaged, I would take it. Short story, I viewed it agreed to take it and it arrived at my home 3 days later.
Build will be Campagnolo Record.
Completed pics later this week.