Travelling back down the m6 from Glasgow yesterday in my truck i was overtaken by a little citreon with a bike rack and 3 bikes stood strapped to it , blimey they look precarious i thought - just as the whole roofrack came adrift and the lot fell off bounced on the wheels and came heading straight for my cab windscreen at 60mph -- sh-- , i anchored up swerved and they just clipped the lorry and spread all over the motorway - Luckily no one was injured so we picked em up chucked them in my lorry before old bill spotted it and sent him to merry hell and i met him at the next services , he came looked took one bike back and told me to keep the other two and off he went - no thanks you saved my licence and no sorry i nearly caused a nasty accident nothing . i do have two slightly damaged new bikes and a bent thule bike roofrack in my garage now though -
I bet that was a scary moment. Glad you were ok. Don't understand why the guy was such an a**e though, seems to me that you saved him a shed load of trouble. Get the bikes on eBay. They are free listing this weekend You might sell them then at least your troubles will be rewarded. Good luck.
poptop you are a magnet for funny, interseting or just dangerous situations.....you should stay at home before you get hurt or over stimulated.
I reckon 2 of those 3 thule racks are salvageable, maybe you could ebay it. Not sure of those bikes though - that small one looks like it has bent at the pivot point of the rear suspension
Agree with bay Birmingham that frame looks bent but I reckon it could still be sold for parts as both bikes look in otherwise good condition. Another thought. I'm sure there is a charity that takes bikes and repairs for disadvantaged children. If not a local kids charity might have some ideas. If you go this route let me know as Karma will be coming your way.
Glad ya miss them,here in Colorado there's bloody 'cyclist' everywhere,we have this law called 'share the road'-which means we have to give them 3ft/a meter room as we pass,Alot good that does when the :censored: weave in out of their lane of traffic! some days i just wanna close my eyes & take aim,but seriously i think there should be a law stating-They should look in a FULL leghth mirror before leaving the house! I see plenty of vehicles with 2-4 bicycles strapped to them with only 1 person in the vehicle most are locked with just the front axle all a while the rear is jiggling around (i like watching a good jiggling rear >)but not on a car/van! i say give them to some one who repain them for children,
Will ( my 9 yr old ) has asked if we can strip and spray the pink one matt black so he can have it i said yes , the other one can go on ebay and the thule roof/bike rack will be ebayed too once i straighten it out .
