So I investigated on the net twisted frames, and as the guy in Rotterdam had said, you can't bend them back as they will fracture, or be at best weakened and fracture will happen later when you are riding.
I thought how ironic that after 5 years of riding together, bike and I would end or riding days together at the furthest point we had ever been to. Thinking of all the places I had been to on it I felt really sad that "bikie" was now home but irreparably dead.
The next afternoon I rode to the specialized shop in town where Gary, the guy who sold it to me 5 years ago, is now the manager, having moved there from the shop I originally bought it from ("I only want to ride to and from the station, no further" I told him then as he keeps reminding me) and told him the tale. He called out his chief mechanic Alex and the frame alignment tool was used to asses the twist in the frame, which was measured at 50mm which doesn't sound a lot, and indeed is at the limit of frame twist tolerance, indeed I was shown a brand new bike and it was measured with a 15mm twist and it was straight from the factory. It would be possible to realign the gear shift etc and sort bikie to make it ride-able, which is what happened and I rode home. Having started looked an new bikes and being so much wiser now as to what is needed from 5 years of cycling, its time I need to start thinking about a new one for next year.
While I was training it back from Denmark, I was looking at my cycle helmet hanging on the handlebars and noticed a big bash on the left side I'd never noticed before, on closer examination I found the helmet was split open completely, clearly a result of last years accident which, had I not been wearing it, would have been my skull, and probably I would not be writing this now, so ALWAYS wear a helmet!!! New one purchased now.
So overall a successful Euro-cycle for this year, and raised just over £4,000 for Anthony which should help get him that new wheel chair.
That's all folks as they say. Til the next time!