How do you know it’s the same bike? It looks distinctly un-smashed, and you don’t know the “concatenations of circumstances.”
What non-profit did you mail it to? Philip Nonplussed in Sonoma County, where even the Riv-knowledgeable bike co-op won’t take a smashed bike. On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 7:11:00 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wrote: > Oh, where to begin? I owned this bike for approximately two months. Here’s > what happened: > > A few months ago, I bought this Appaloosa (identical to my current whip) > from the original owner and shipped the bike via BikeFlights. But when UPS > delivered it, I braced myself for disappointment: the box had a tire track > across one side, the top and sides were torn, and a large hole had been > haphazardly patched with several strips of clear packing tape. > > I took photos as I carefully unpacked the bike. A truck had backed over > the bike: the seatstays, chainstays, rear rack, and fork were badly bent, > the front wheel was crushed, and the frame was visibly deformed and out of > alignment. BikeFlights reimbursed me for the shipping costs and what I paid > for the bike. To fulfill the claim, BikeFlights sent me a shipping label, > and directed me to repack and ship the crushed bike to a non-profit > organization. > > I don’t know the concatenation of circumstances, but the bike is once > again for sale—the frame and forks have been fixed and the front wheel has > been replaced. To be clear, I neither question the integrity or the > worksmanship of the builder who straightened the frame, nor am I accusing > the seller or anyone involved of malice, deception, or anything untoward. > > The purpose of this note is so interested purchasers can make an informed > decision. If I was considering buying this bike, I’d want someone to warn > me. > > [image: IMG_3007.jpg][image: IMG_3018.jpg][image: IMG_3014.jpg] > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1c95b160-0c11-4d5e-b271-ca8242bb7ec1n%40googlegroups.com.
