well the inevitable happened
VWsurfbum
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Took no1 and no2 out on the bikes and trailer to the park. Get to the park no1 decides riding suddenly has become too hard. Cue 2 hours of hell children.
Loading car back up with bikes and all the gear I get distracted by no2. No1 is wingeing again. I load her bike and off we go.
I get flashed ad leaving the car park. Guy just drives past. Nob I thought. So I drive off and bike on roof hits roof, bounces down the roof and boot and continues to bounce down the road. :shock:
So I have a newly dented roof and a brand new bent rear mech!
Never sworn in front of the kids before, I think they learned some new language today.
So if your thinking of a new bike, get a carbon one as they bounce!!
If your getting a roof mounted rack, make sure you secure bike.
Pictures to follow
Loading car back up with bikes and all the gear I get distracted by no2. No1 is wingeing again. I load her bike and off we go.
I get flashed ad leaving the car park. Guy just drives past. Nob I thought. So I drive off and bike on roof hits roof, bounces down the roof and boot and continues to bounce down the road. :shock:
So I have a newly dented roof and a brand new bent rear mech!
Never sworn in front of the kids before, I think they learned some new language today.
So if your thinking of a new bike, get a carbon one as they bounce!!
If your getting a roof mounted rack, make sure you secure bike.
Pictures to follow
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so it is Project Bounce now?"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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Lol
Now its project sell the kids to pay for dent removal or freedom for short.0 -
I dented the top of my car when I put CWNT's bike on the roof. The Thule bar wasn't quite attached to the roof bars properly, a guy furiously waved and tooted us on the motorway, as it turns out CWNT's bike was doing an endo
We almost missed it as we checked the bikes as when stopped, everything looked ok I've triple checked the bikes ever since that day! It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
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I normally do double check, but being wound up since 06:50 this morning i was ready to snap, just glad the bike didnt!
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i wouldnt bother getting that fixed. shame for it to have happened of course but at least the bikes arent too badly damaged.0
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Just so happens i'm giving this car to the wife so it will be trashed in no time i'm sure.
Just pisses me off damaging anything.
just straightend mech, so see how that works
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thekickingmule wrote:I dented the top of my car when I put CWNT's bike on the roof. The Thule bar wasn't quite attached to the roof bars properly, a guy furiously waved and tooted us on the motorway, as it turns out CWNT's bike was doing an endo
We almost missed it as we checked the bikes as when stopped, everything looked ok I've triple checked the bikes ever since that day!
Ah yes, good times. How we laughed!
We get to try it again in a few weeks too!0 -
What a terrible coloured car
Ignore Sheeps and use the dent on the roof as a justifiable excuse to get the car resprayed in a respectable colour
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You mean to say you were or with kids and bikes and you choose to strap your precious bike to the roof? Surely that's what the loadspace is for, strap the kids to the roof. Plus nobody steals kids.
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Bah - a bit of T-Cut and it'll be fine.
:P
Next time put the bike in the car and the kids on the roof!!0 -
Feck the car, let's have some pics of the bike0
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Luckily i have bar ends on for the kaiser challenge, they took the brunt, and only a bent (now straightned) mech. Fame and forks, not a scratch!0
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Stop the kids pocket money to pay for the damages?0
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If i was generous enough to give it to them in the first place, its a bloody good idea, i'll have to take it out on their hides!matthew h wrote:Stop the kids pocket money to pay for the damages?0
