Anyone guilty of this? (please?)

[Susan126]

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

[MM_QFC!]

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?!

[ragbrai40]

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!

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!

[betagirl]

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

I think the opener in the seat bag wins for sure!

Thanks for the moral support. I was feeling highly stupid that day.

[ChainsOflove]

No garage. No problem.