First big accident

[gambatte]

Ty
Had a period between "career" jobs where I did agency/data input type work. One of these was at an insurance company. The bit handling claims for property damage.
I'd back up the Twickybikers comment. I've seen reasonable customers paid the minimum they can get away with. I've also seen the most irritating loud persistant customers (who I'd have told "sod off you weren't covered") paid out in full to shut them up. Things like small part of a garden wall collapses , so they knock down and rebuild a complete 20m wall rather than repair!

Jump on them, keep on them.

 

[Tynan]

it's a bit complicated regarding the initial offer which I've accepted after a lot of thought, I can't post the reasons, suffice to say I'm not out of pocket regarding damages although I could obviously have got more if I'd taken the time, as luck has it there is money in the bank at the mo, although I've been dragging a wreck around the streets for seven months for the simple reason that I couldn't afford a new bike so I did need the settlement, which they know and exploit naturally, bless them

I will go long on the PI claim though as I've do seem to have some genuine lasting injury/damage from that

as regards training, I suspect people sent on those don't pay them the blindest bit of attention, it's just a chore they have to go through to evade points, the few pieces I've read by drivers/journos sent on them backed that and it seems the spirit of the actual day is to make them onerous and tedious as some sort of punishment/chore rather than genuine training

points are the one thing that drivers fear imho, they stay there for a long time and they build up really quick if people don't modify their behavior and they still get the insurance hike

although it's his mum's insurance and judging by the car, she can afford it without too much bother

 

[Tynan]

picked the Fratello plus Ortleib classic rollers last night

cor, day and night upgrade

still getting used to the drops, the brakes feel a long way away and less ergonomic, makes me nervy in close/heavy traffic situations where I'd normally cover the brakes easily, especially approaching lights

but the acceleration is superb and the ride (steel frame plus carbon forks and seatpost) is to die for, smooths the road superbly

very annoying tweak needed on the front mech, slight chain rub rather spoils the otherwise spooky smooth hum of the gears

hands a bit achy from the different grip, and the position doesn't feel quite right, more height called for I think, shop left it a bit low for me to get comfortable with the bike, I suspect not pedalling like a steam engine and gliding along instead is part of the strangeness

must get a much bigger lock, the cheap and cheerful job that looked appropriate on the old puffer looks like a piece of tissue paper on the gleaming new ride

 

[Wolf04]

Well jealous! Still from the description of your accident you certainly deserve it.:?:

 

[Tynan]

I certainly do if only for manfully riding the wreck I've been riding since October

Mind you the Cannondale hybrid I lost in the accident was very pleasant too

 

[Tynan]

hello all

specialist has set comp at £8k, some permanent damage apparently

lawyers are going in for £12k to settle for £8k presumably

 

[Wolf04]

hello all

specialist has set comp at £8k, some permanent damage apparently

lawyers are going in for £12k to settle for £8k presumably

New Cannondale then?

 

[Bollo]

hello all

specialist has set comp at £8k, some permanent damage apparently

lawyers are going in for £12k to settle for £8k presumably

Good to hear. The whole case sounds a bit of a ball-ache - nearly a year was it? Mind you, a colleague at my place has just settled a claim for a motorbike accident after four years of wrangling. The driver who hit him was drunk and fled the scene. He only got away with the hit-and-run because its all happened 100 yards from a police station, where some plod flagged him down as he legged it.

It was me who put in the info about the £1000 limit. It is, unfortunately, a true thing.

Finally, do you really want to be putting your brief's bidding tactics on a public forum before its all sorted?

 

[hackbike 6]

Every cyclists nightmare...hope you recover quickly Tynan.

 

[Tynan]

new upstairs bathroom is more like it

nothing to say really other than I was honest at the doctor's appointment, I still have stiff nech issues and the shoulder still isn;t quite as it was

 

[Riding in Circles]

Let's hope it is the first and last.

 

[Jake]

God, its enoguh to put you off cycling. please no pics

 

[Tynan]

if you saw the present upstairs bathroom you might change your mind

and sir is still riding a five month old Fratello remeber

 

[Bollo]

new upstairs bathroom is more like it

nothing to say really other than I was honest at the doctor's appointment, I still have stiff nech issues and the shoulder still isn;t quite as it was

A stiff nech!

 

[Tynan]

erm yes, i said there was permanent damage