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Hi James,

Sorry to hear of the incident, I hope you weren't hurt in the collision?

It's very difficult to advise in this scenario, if the bike did sustain enough of an impact to knock the bicycle out of line, there's always a chance of damage.

As I'm sure you've done, I'd inspect the whole frame to make sure there are no hairline cracks or stress marks. If it's built, apply pressure to the BB and try to identify whether there's more flex than you may otherwise expect.

Only if you're 100% happy the frame is intact would I consider riding it. If it's only 3mm out over the length of the frame, I'd say this would be would be hard to notice.

If you'd like to get it checked, it may be worth sending to a UK frame builder, anyone with a table will be able to straighten this.

By all means, we can send this back to Lynskey but carriage would have to be covered by you, and the process of shipping is likely to take 3-4 weeks to the US using our shipping methods.

In a perfect world, and to avoid any doubt, the car (assuming their fault) should cover its replacement.

Sorry to be non-committal on this issue, as I'm sure you can appreciate, every case is different and while I may be happy with a given resolution, it's not something I can recommend to a consumer.

Please let me know if I can help further with anything.

Best regards,
Dave.

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Sent: 07 April 2015 14
Subject: Cooper CX aligment

Hi David

Don Irwin has suggested I contact you. I was crashed into yesterday while riding my Cooper CX. My LBS has checked it out, and using the Park Tool FAG there is a 3.5mm discrepancy at the dropouts when the gauge is resting on the head tube and seat tube.

Can this be cold set out? It looks like the head tube is slightly out - the front wheel of the bike was actually run over.

Or should the frame be written off?

Kind regards

James