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RIP Mister Mistral

Old 08-17-20, 08:31 PM
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RIP Mister Mistral

Gnash your teeth and rend your garments with me. Yesterday my husband backed over his Holdsworth Mistral while getting ready to mount it on the bike rack to go to his favorite starting point for a long ride. In decades of marriage it was the closest I have ever seen him to crying. Campy wheels crushed. Dropouts all screwed up. He's convinced he'll never love again.

This isn't the final build, but it's the only photo I have handy.
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Old 08-17-20, 08:57 PM
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Sad...sounds like something I would do. Money can fix it though, so it isn't truly serious. Good luck to you both!
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Tell him it’s n + 1 time!
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Old 08-17-20, 09:11 PM
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Sorry for his loss!
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So tragic.
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Old 08-17-20, 09:39 PM
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I'm so sorry for his loss. 💔
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Old 08-17-20, 09:47 PM
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That sucks, sometimes when one door closes ( or is backed over by ones self) another door Opens ( and by door I mean another vintage bike)
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Old 08-17-20, 09:49 PM
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I wonder if a good taxidermist or sculptor could turn it into a tasteful memento for the den?
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Old 08-17-20, 10:07 PM
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...is it just the wheels ? Is the frame OK ? Dropouts on this sort of bike have a certain amount of repairability, and can be cold bent straight and parallel if you know what you are doing and don't do it too often.
On the other hand, I scored a great fork at the co-op from a Steve Rex custom that someone backed over and crushed the frame. It went onto another American builder bike (a Smolenski) and now lives again.

So I guess I'm saying that it kind of makes you philosophical, once the shock wears off.

While eating breakfast at a cafe with a street view in Palo Alto, I once watched a guy going off on his Sunday morning ride stop for cash at a drive through ATM forget that there was a ceiling overhand for rain, and scrape his roof rack and two high dollar bikes off the top of his car down onto the trunk and off the back. The noise it made while in progress was horrible, but he didn't manage to stop in time to do any good. I actually couldn't finish my delicious breakfast...and that just never happens.
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So sad, but funny the way you wrote it up. I could see my wife doing that. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by kiwigem
.... He's convinced he'll never love again.
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He probably still loves you, doesn't he? It's not like you're the one who pulled that idiot move.
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My condolences.
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This reminds me of my buddy who drove into the underground parking structure at his condo, but forgot his mid-to-upscale 1970s Motobecane was on the roof rack of his Alfa Romeo. The bike and rack were ripped off the roof and landed upright and practically unscathed, and the roof of his car was only moderately marred. He acknowledged the narrow escape from much worse consequences.
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Originally Posted by 3alarmer
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...is it just the wheels ? Is the frame OK ? Dropouts on this sort of bike have a certain amount of repairability, and can be cold bent straight and parallel if you know what you are doing and don't do it too often.
On the other hand, I scored a great fork at the co-op from a Steve Rex custom that someone backed over and crushed the frame. It went onto another American builder bike (a Smolenski) and now lives again.

So I guess I'm saying that it kind of makes you philosophical, once the shock wears off.

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This is exactly why I will NEVER buy a roof rack because I would be that ATM guy
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