2007 Cannondale SystemSix Team Si

@ dan

No-one will insure you for damage to wheels whilst racing will they?

My concern is coming home to find the door kicked open and the bike gone.

Half the time it has the carbon wheels on, half the time it is in the turbo with a training wheel on the back- the carbon front always stays on.

I have no idea that trainsharp did servicing, and only heard bad stories (several actually) about the other provider. I would send them to Germany.

Thanks for the advice Scherrit, Germany it is.

It's a shame there is no one locally that one could take them to.

My concern is coming home to find the door kicked open and the bike gone.

Stupid question to ask whether this is covered under home insurance?

No- well, mine is, but only because I specified it.

If the bike is over a certain value (with M&S £4,000) then it has to be specified to be covered anywhere.

I never, ever leave it anywhere so my concern is it being stolen from my house when I am at work, or someone running me over and buggering off, leaving me minced and the bike so much shattered carbon.

Yes that's my concern. It never gets locked up or left anywhere, I just worry about it getting nicked from my house while i'm out.

@tv I don't race at the moment... If I did I wouldn't expect to be covered by anyone, for anything :)

Might have to read T&Cs of my insurance now. Kinda made up a figure that covers both Sunday B and Commuter as one.

My home contents covers bikes up to £1500 each by default, with a modest premium increase for the good ones listed on the schedule. That's only for having them nicked from the house, IIRC.

You wont find a store in the world that carries all that lot.

LFGSS Classifieds. In about six months.

I don't know, but it's quite big boned.

The fork is ~350g uncut, the frame I do not know- but would be interested if anyone else does.

http://forums.roadbikereview.com/cannondale/system-six-frame-weight-99951.html

Thanks Hippy- from that article, with some margin for error, 1,300g, so 1,650 f&f

Actually based on this new thread on WW, and going on the +70g per frame size estimate mentioned on the thread that Hippy linked to I'll revise that estimate to 1,350g for the frame, so 1,700g frame and fork.

my pink cannondale when it was without paint it had 1,120g (+/-)
it's a 54 frame

Looks like the power meter adds ~100 grams to the weight of the bike:

All packed up and ready to go back to SRM for a new battery:

i never rode a bike with those pedals.
are they realy good?

I like them, used Time RXS before and hated them. These are much better.

Ok, after a discussion in the Regent with Walker, Brixton Ranger I was wondering about insuring the bike as shown:

Is the SRM really worth it?

I've been having the same problems with my insurers. Have they not noticed how much MAMILs are lashing out on their weekend toys these days? My race bike was £2.5k 20 years ago, but loads of insurers still think that's the absolute maximum a bike could possibly cost in 2012. Wankers.

Addressing your question; make sure you tell the insurer that you're insuring a £4k bike and will be self-insuring the excess if it's wearing expensive jewellery. Don't give the fuckers an inch of wiggle room.

Chaps, if you could do some editing I would be indebted to you.

Hugo- the issue is that all the insurance companies insist on me insuring things for their replacement value (NOT what I paid), so for example the SRM adds £2,300 on top of the value of the bike.

It's currently insured for the value of a new SuperSix Evo Di2, the closest thing to it in Cannondales current range. However, that has no SRM.

I guess my point was for the peace of mind, does your SRM give you that much benefit that it's worth the headache?

What about a broker? Just thinking that it works for people who live in flood planes...

I'd love to be able to insure it for an agreed value- i.e. the cost for me to build it again with a little wiggle room.

Instead every insurer to whom I have spoken insists on a new replacement value upon which to base the premium.

SRM adds £2,300 on top of the value of the bike.

It's currently insured for the value of a new SuperSix Evo Di2, the closest thing to it in Cannondales current range. However, that has no SRM.

faints

If I knew that, I would have barricaded my garage door when you popped round. No wonder you looked slightly nervous. :-)

I don't get it.. thieves break in and steal your bike.. and your SRM which you have a separate receipt for and your expensive wheels which you have a separate receipt for. The insurance company doesn't know what's on your bike at any one time. That's three separate items there. You don't have insurance for your tvdvdpvr you have insurance that covers your tv, your dvd player and your pvr.. since they are separate items.