tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post1149082972597305797..comments2024-02-27T01:52:06.519-08:00Comments on Kent's Bike Blog: Cars Are HazardousKent Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906603746565831689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-7419222586770968922012-01-27T09:26:33.997-08:002012-01-27T09:26:33.997-08:00Check out the Toys on Top sign. It hangs from your...Check out the Toys on Top sign. It hangs from your rearview mirror, staying right in sight, so you don’t forget that you’ve got valuable stuff on the roof! Works at home or at the bank or at the drive-thru.<br /><br />Available on ebay.com for $7.95 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toys-Top-Roof-Rack-Sign-Bike-Garage-Warning-Reminder-Thule-Yakima-Car-/280801342356?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4161107394Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17552162894540515660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-45138064038426163122011-02-24T06:28:35.555-08:002011-02-24T06:28:35.555-08:00when gas passes $4, get an american flag and ride ...when gas passes $4, get an american flag and ride around local gas stationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-62406695454685961372011-02-24T04:53:58.684-08:002011-02-24T04:53:58.684-08:00While i don't recommend anyone suffer the angs...While i don't recommend anyone suffer the angst of driving your bike into the garage, two positives came out of my brain fart:<br /><br />1) home owners insurance came through with flying colors to not only get me a new bike, but a new and improved UPGRADED bike. gotta love the benefits from the unholy union of bike price inflation and insurance replacement value. holla!<br /><br />2) i submitted the photo of my crumpled heap of a bike to a local "best bike pic" contest and won a free jersey from black bottoms. that didn't suck.<br /><br />all's well that ends well, right? thanks for the post kent.theZephhttp://theZeph.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-50060452010055287932011-02-23T23:11:13.592-08:002011-02-23T23:11:13.592-08:00I've witnessed the affects of a few bike rack ...I've witnessed the affects of a few bike rack disasters over the years - lucky none of my own...<br /><br />I worked in a bike shop years ago, customer bought two new bikes and loaded 'em himself on a rear trunk rack. After leaving, returned to the shop shortly, with new bikes still racked - complete with four bent wheels. Rack was mounted too low, wheels hit ground, bikes wrecked before even unloaded. Yikes. I've seen the burned tire from the exhaust pipe as well.<br /><br />I witnessed someone drive under a parking garage with two roof mounted bikes. Impact cleaned the rack and bikes right off the roof. Impressive.<br /><br />Co-worker fellow bike pal once drove into his car port with mountain bike on roof. When he heard the crunch, panic caused him to quickly back out - causing more damage. Bent frame, fork, saddle ripped off, dented car roof. Nice.<br /><br />I witnessed a bike leave a roof rack while they were buzzing down I-5. Luckily, landed in the median without causing a car accident as well.<br /><br />A motorcycle pal of mine wasn't as lucky, crashed on 405 after hitting a bicycle ejected from a rack - causing him to break his leg.<br /><br />If you do transport bikes on your car - make sure they're secure. I'm paranoid transporting mine and always double check everything.Dan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609122101907983132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-81163524536018561172011-02-23T22:00:03.294-08:002011-02-23T22:00:03.294-08:00we have been doing a whole pile of repairs from fr...we have been doing a whole pile of repairs from frames that have met their doom from being driven into the garage. <br />We are playing with the idea of making a Roof Rack Reminder for our customers so we don't have to see them again.Shawn Smallhttp://www.ruckuscomponents.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676999.post-74954033721906345482011-02-23T12:18:20.688-08:002011-02-23T12:18:20.688-08:00Kent, there is a third alternative to transporting...Kent, there is a third alternative to transporting a bike: I put my foldable bike inside the car. It even fits on the rear seat comfortably. Yet I can ride it as fast as a full-size bike. I find it funny when people say things like "cars are hazardous" or "the earthquake killed so many people" or "the snowstorm caused so many crashes".<br />All of that is highly inaccurate, of course. People who can't handle cars are hazardous; during earthquakes people get killed by falling/collapsing things, not by the earthquakes (if the buildings would be built to withstand even strong earthquakes, nobody would get killed); people get into even fatal car accidents during snowstorms because they can't handle the cars and/or they don't have the proper vehicles for the adverse conditions. Sometimes people have this funny tendency to blame things rather than seeing that in the great majority of cases it's the people that are responsible.Micheal Bluenoreply@blogger.com