I had an accident last summer going down a hill on my Dahon Cadenza, the forks broke clean off going over a speed bump at about 30 mph. I was wondering if anyone that has had a similar experience could help me.
The accident broke my finger, wrist (scaphoid) and elbow on my right arm, my wrist has since required surgery and is not right, it also knocked me unconscious for 10 minutes and I got some nasty road rash - I have not been able to work (I am a self employed IT Project Manager), we have three kids under 5 so not the best time for this to happen.
I wanted to find out if anyone has been successful in making a claim against a manufacturer or service company. My bike was 14 months old, I bought it originally from a small local retailer then I had it serviced by a mobile bike service company, on the service summary sheet it stated "forks bent, could be dangerous". Clearly there was something wrong with my forks so I took it to Evans who conducted a full strip down service (at a cost of £150), they told me there was no issue, I carried on riding it and subsequently the forks snapped off.
Any information relating to a similar case would be incredibly useful and help me approach this in the right way.
Thanks
The accident broke my finger, wrist (scaphoid) and elbow on my right arm, my wrist has since required surgery and is not right, it also knocked me unconscious for 10 minutes and I got some nasty road rash - I have not been able to work (I am a self employed IT Project Manager), we have three kids under 5 so not the best time for this to happen.
I wanted to find out if anyone has been successful in making a claim against a manufacturer or service company. My bike was 14 months old, I bought it originally from a small local retailer then I had it serviced by a mobile bike service company, on the service summary sheet it stated "forks bent, could be dangerous". Clearly there was something wrong with my forks so I took it to Evans who conducted a full strip down service (at a cost of £150), they told me there was no issue, I carried on riding it and subsequently the forks snapped off.
Any information relating to a similar case would be incredibly useful and help me approach this in the right way.
Thanks