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A good friend of my husband and me did the exact same thing. He has a roof rack on top of his Toyota 4 Runner and after a long hard mountain bike ride and a long drive home . . . he completely forgot about his bike on top of his vehicle. Needless to say his Ellsworth got quite a bit of damage. He was devastated and without a bike for a month! This was two years ago. He is now very very careful when pulling into his garage!
Sue
don't forget about all those drive-throughs that many of us don't give a second thought to, as we drive right in on a daily basis: banks, fast food, dry cleaners, espresso stands (I am in Seattle, y'know!), public parking garages (even when they note the clearance, you have to remember if you have a bike on top)...and even some hotel/motels have a low roof in their entry drives.
So, even if you put your garage door opener in your seat bag or set up some kind of a reminder signal to prevent you from driving into your garage with your bike sitting up there, what methods do you use to keep from forgetting or automatically entering a drive through like one mentioned above?
Too many obstacles and safety hazards to think about even while off the bike, eh?!
I'd be one of the "retards" that forgot and would pull into the garage - except I have a rear mounted hitch/carrier on my van. Now the funny thing is, we live on gravel and I can't stand to see my bike covered in gravel dust, so I leave the back two seats out and keep my bike in the van! Husband is questioning why I had to have the bike rack since the bike is never on it! :confused:
We use it to haul the kids bikes into town, but for my baby, it stays inside! I actually keep my bike at a friends house in town and drive in to ride or stop on way from work. Sometimes inconvenient, but I'd have to drive somewhere anyway, cause I ain't ridin on the gravel!
Wow it sounds like I got off really lucky with my bike. Just a front wheel in need of truing. Well, my car got a bit of damage, but that doesn't count :D
I think the opener in the seat bag wins for sure!
Thanks for the moral support. I was feeling highly stupid that day.
No garage. No problem.