Another car bike rack casualty

From David:

My Specialized S-Works Tarmac didn't fair so well against Grandma's carport.

Bike Destroys Car

Ryan sent me this story about his friend Josh's bike.

The bike flew off of the roof of my car at 75 mph, shattering my rear window and bouncing down Interstate 95 in Maine, in the dark, on the way back from a crit in September 2007. The bike bounced into the road and got run over by a Mercedes C-class (my insurance company later found out that it punctured the oil tank of the Mercedes) and was totally wrecked. Luckily no one was hurt.

What had apparently happened was that Josh forgot to secure the rear wheel on my roof rack. The bike was facing backwards, and the carbon dropouts broke (they were still in my Thule tray!) and the bike went flying.

We collected the bike, put it in the back seat of my car (which was now covered in shattered glass) and Josh kept it in his apartment as a piece of "art".

Amazingly, the SRM survived the entire ordeal, and was in perfect shape, and lived on to be used on Josh's TT bike.

Another Garage Incident

Brandon sent me these photos of his road bike which was on the roof rack when his friend drove into the garage. His carbon mountain bike was on the rack as well, while it didn't break, he's wondering if it is still safe to ride. I don't suggest he just try it and see.

No Carbon Wednesday: Take the Bike off the Roof Rack

Take the bike off of the roof rack, then drive in to the garage.