Re: Lost in the curves.

Joel Morrissette

2009-07-14

Out of curiosity, is that the kind of thing your auto insurance will cover?

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Matt Lichtenfels wrote:

> Heh, you saw that huh? Pretty spectacular -yeah, that was my bike.
>
> Bit of advise. MAKE SURE you don't forget to secure your rear wheel strap
> when mounting your race bike to the rack ESPECIALLY if the bike rack is
> positioned the opposite direction on your car, because the wind may very
> well LIFT the bike up off the rack and leverage itself clean off the fork
> mount and hurl it into rush hour traffic.
>
> I think it avoided contact with the general public, thank god. No other
> cars were stopped but I certainly held up traffic. Nice to give motorists
> another reason to hate cyclists...
>
> Frame, fork, rear Ksyrium are toast - components surprisingly seem OK.
> Guess I'm skipping PIR tonight.
>
> Couldn't think of a better way to make OBRA news!
>
> Matt
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Joe Martin wrote:
>
>> Just saw a guy lose his carbon Scott off the top of his car in the
>> Terwilliger Curves. Hope everyone is safe and the damage is minimal.
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