Poor Kona

[blackhillsbiker]

DH forgot my bike was on the roof of his car (he picked it up for me because my route home is flooded). He drove into the garage. :( She's at the LBS having the damage assessed. So far a new front fork. Sigh. I think DH feels worse than I do. It's been one thing after another lately.

Deb

[Velocivixen]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about your Kona. Poor dears (you, the bike and DH), I'm sure it will be back up and running in no time. I doubt this mistake will ever be repeated either.

[Bike Writer]

:( So sorry for all the troubles, wishing it all gets better for you soon.

[zoom-zoom]

Oh no...poor baby bike! I gripe about having a garage too full of tools and woodworking stuff to park cars in, but I've already hit low tree branches with the bikes on the rack (very slow and small branches). I'd be the one to drive in the garage, I'm sure. :o

[pll]

What a disaster! I put a roof rack on my car recently and I'm mortally afraid of forgetting my bike is on it when I get to my garage. The owner of one of the local bike shops tweeted about this product: http://www.headsupsystems.com

[emily_in_nc]

This happened to some bike club friends a few years ago - a Lightspeed got pretty badly damaged that way. I would be terrified to have a roof rack b/c I just know I would do the same thing! (Of course, I no longer have a garage, so it's a moot point now.)

One tip I read to avoid this is to put the garage door opener in the bicycle seat bag on the rear rack, forcing you to stop the car and get the bike down before you can open the garage door.

Hope there's not too much damage to your Kona and that it's easily and inexpensively repaired. It's always something, isn't it?! :(

[blackhillsbiker]

What a disaster! I put a roof rack on my car recently and I'm mortally afraid of forgetting my bike is on it when I get to my garage. The owner of one of the local bike shops tweeted about this product: http://www.headsupsystems.com
Thanks! I signed up for the email notification when it's available.

I'm always the one who says, "sweetie, there are bikes on the roof," as we pull into the driveway. I wondered if this would happen someday when I wasn't with him (I was still at work). It would have been more expensive if it was the 29ers with the suspension forks, and I doubt if the carbon roadie would have survived. My poor commuter will be all fixed up as good as new (maybe better, we're looking into a different fork to eliminate some of the toe overlap). I have faith in my LBS. He said the frame is good, and the brakes seem fine.

Yoga was good tonight. I got my equilibrium back.

Deb

[Owlie]

Oh no! At least it's not as bad as it could have been (with the other two bikes), but still...

I'm glad the yoga helped. :)

[Roadtrip]

Wow. Just wow. I wake up in cold sweats thinking about our bikes flying off the bike rack and skidding across the road.

Here's hoping your little Kona turns out like the bionic woman!

Shannon

[Owlie]

On a related note...I hope it doesn't cost $6 million.

:D

[OakLeaf]

Oh yikes! Hope the damage isn't too bad and she's all fixed up ASAP.

[ladyicon]

When I used to put bike on top of car, I would put the thing that opens the garage in the trunk! That way you never forget (hopefully) :rolleyes:

[OakLeaf]

That helps with your garage, but not with parking garages or drive-through lanes. I know plenty of people who've rammed their bikes (both moto and bici) into other people's structures.

[pll]

I would think it should be trivial to make a sonar sensor, like the ones used for cars backing up, that warn you of obstacles... There are even some wireless ones, designed for a hitch (http://www.racksforall.com/dolphin-sonarstep-00-05000.aspx) -- I wonder if it would work as an obstacle sensor, mounted on the front of the rack rather than the hitch.

[Roadtrip]

I wonder if it would work as an obstacle sensor, mounted on the front of the rack rather than the hitch.

If only traveling at slow speeds... I once saw a semi truck opened up like a can of sardines because of a low clearance overpass. It wasn't pretty!

Also saw a train.. Yes a whole TRAIN locomotive (on flatbed truck being transported) wedged under a overpass that wasnt quite large enough.

Measure once, cut twice, right?

Shannon

[blackhillsbiker]

When I used to put bike on top of car, I would put the thing that opens the garage in the trunk! That way you never forget (hopefully) :rolleyes:
This is a good idea, except that the opener is integrated into the rear view mirror on the Murano.

I got to the LBS today. He has a fork on order for me. He said he has been too busy to assess the extent of the damage — it looks like just the fork, so far. Anyhow, I'll know more next week. And we need to get parts to fix the Yak Rack. Sigh. I wouldn't have ridden today anyhow because it's my birthday and we're going out with friends this evening, with not enough time to get cleaned up and change. Maybe tomorrow will be dry enough to ride the roadie.

Deb

[owlice]

Happy birthday!

[jessmarimba]

Happy birthday!