AuroraSaab
Veteran
Not sure if this has been discussed already. A doctor who was injured whilst riding his new Planet X Tempest is suing the company for £10 million.
'Daniel Gordon, 30, suffered life-changing injuries when the forks of his £2,300 all-terrain gravel bike 'sheared in two' as he rode through the grounds of the hospital where his girlfriend worked in Inverness, Scotland'.
'In the course of descending the grass slope at a speed of about 25 km per hour (15.5 mph), which is terrain and a speed the claimant will say ought to have been well within the capabilities of the bike, the carbon fibre front forks suddenly and without warning sheared in two at the base of the steerer tube, causing the front wheel of the bike to collapse rearwards'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12795245/NHS-doctor-paralysed-bike-sheared-sues-firm.html
An awful thing to happen and I can only admire how the guy has returned not only to his training and career but to cycling too. I don't know enough about bike construction to comment on his chances of success but I can't recall a similar case of a bike manufacturer in UK courts.
'Daniel Gordon, 30, suffered life-changing injuries when the forks of his £2,300 all-terrain gravel bike 'sheared in two' as he rode through the grounds of the hospital where his girlfriend worked in Inverness, Scotland'.
'In the course of descending the grass slope at a speed of about 25 km per hour (15.5 mph), which is terrain and a speed the claimant will say ought to have been well within the capabilities of the bike, the carbon fibre front forks suddenly and without warning sheared in two at the base of the steerer tube, causing the front wheel of the bike to collapse rearwards'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12795245/NHS-doctor-paralysed-bike-sheared-sues-firm.html
An awful thing to happen and I can only admire how the guy has returned not only to his training and career but to cycling too. I don't know enough about bike construction to comment on his chances of success but I can't recall a similar case of a bike manufacturer in UK courts.