Its Official I am a KN@B!!!!

mascott
mascott Posts: 190
edited February 2008 in Workshop
you may recall I was recently concerned I might look a bit of a knob riding round on my super shiny Merckx.
well......
I didnt have to wait until i had built it

Last week on returning home after a 12hr shift I couldnt find a parking space so I recalled my very friendly neighbour had offered me his parking space (it is in an old block of flats ......under an arch

As i went in .....BANG....

I had forgotton my bike on the roof cycle rack......one specialized sequioa (planned to be winter bike) written off....
the guys at the LBS (once they stopped pi$$ing themselves) said it is actually quite common (doesnt make me feel better!

still.......if it had been the Merckx I would have cried for a month

off to pick up new winter bike later...

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  • Doom
    Doom Posts: 133
    mascott wrote:
    As i went in .....BANG....

    :shock: Any damage to the car?
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  • Mog Uk
    Mog Uk Posts: 964
    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    Sorry, but that's just too funny.. Like you say, at least it wasn't the Merckx....
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  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    That's one of the advantages of putting the bike inside the car :wink:
  • ut_och_cykla
    ut_och_cykla Posts: 1,594
    Errm... my brother once crunched his rather low tow-bar mounted bike on the up ramp of a ferry
    and in a tizzy over being late for a flight (on to which his bike was subsequently not allowed !) he trod on/tripped up on his back wheel, wrecking it and messing himself up too!
    Doh!
    My son once made the 'forget to unclip when you stop' trick for teh 3rd time ona ride - furious and embarrassed he aimed a kick at said bike leaving a LARGe dent in teh top tube.... :roll:
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    on the road wrote:
    That's one of the advantages of putting the bike inside the car :wink:

    Ah - I knew there was an advantage to having an embarrassing kiddie-mobile like our Alhambra! :lol:

    Perhaps you could use the money from your swear box (now filled, no doubt) to pay for new bike? Still, at least you have the fun of getting some new wheels, and the sales are still on...Condor have some lovely stuff with money off just now...
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • mascott
    mascott Posts: 190
    there is a little dent in the roof of the car....to add to all the others!
    ive managed to salvage a fair ammount of gear off the bike so its not all bad news

    and the most important thing is that no one saw :oops:
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin Posts: 1,688
    You're certainly not the first and you won't be the last.

    Years ago my best mate's dad wiped out the pair of bikes on the roof while pulling into a layby on the way back from the Lake District. :roll:
    This one is set back off the main road with a height restriction. Thankfully the entry speed is low otherwise it could've been nasty.

    Good news that is wasn't your best bike.
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  • portuguese mike
    portuguese mike Posts: 695
    Noooooo.

    i'm planning to get a roof rack to drive me and my mate down to the etape and its the one thing thats been preying on my mind - i'm just the sort of person to forget about it - maybe i'll get a van instead.
    pm
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Years back you could buy a spring-loaded sign that attached to your car bonnet by magnets. When driving, the airflow would keep the sign pushed flush to the bonnet but when slowing down - like when entering a car park - the spring could overcome the force of the air and the sign popped up to reveal "Toys on Top!"
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  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    portuguese mike wrote:
    Noooooo.

    i'm planning to get a roof rack to drive me and my mate down to the etape and its the one thing thats been preying on my mind - i'm just the sort of person to forget about it - maybe i'll get a van instead.

    The thing that will catch you out is the height restrictions on the toll booths on the French motorways. Towbar mounted carriers are best.
  • Doom
    Doom Posts: 133
    portuguese mike wrote:
    Noooooo.

    i'm planning to get a roof rack to drive me and my mate down to the etape and its the one thing thats been preying on my mind - i'm just the sort of person to forget about it - maybe i'll get a van instead.

    Be careful with this. An bike exposed to wind or worse rain at the sort of speed the car is travelling will strip your bike of grease.
    FCN: 4
  • graham_g
    graham_g Posts: 652
    I'm all for towbar carriers, even if it does look a little odd on a Renault Clio :D
  • 4kicks
    4kicks Posts: 549
    Least it was just a bike
    Guy I used to sail with totalled three UK Olympic Sailboats (probably worth 10k each?) driving a minibus and twin trailer into a Garage forecourt flat roof...

    He tried to claim he had right of way...
    Fitter....healthier....more productive.....
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Graham G wrote:
    I'm all for towbar carriers, even if it does look a little odd on a Renault Clio :D

    The other week i was trying to reverse out a driveway with bikes on the back and in the dark. Unfortunately I had managed to forget what reversing lights don't light up, the roof of the well. The crunch of the cars c-pillar hitting the slates was worrying, amazingly I managed to avoid whacking the bike off the well, missed by around 1cm :oops:
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