My bike rack is trashed

[RoadRaven]

Bugger!

Hey Robyn, I suppose because you thought everything was sweet you didn't get her details for insurance?

Thank goodness your bikes weren't on there!

We have a bike rack but only put it on if I am taking 1-2 bikes to town and they are coming straight off when I get there (for the boys to bike home after school usually).

Otherwise one bike will go in the boot/back seat. We have a trailer for most of our trips and that can take up to 7.

[Crankin]

No, we did stop and get the insurance info. We knew the rack had pushed up against the hitch and done some damage not immediately visible. The situation is resolved; we found a similiar Saris rack. The car will go to the body shop, they can replace the hitch and fix the few scratches on my car and my husband will install the rack. The girl who hit me is an under 21 driver, so she is toast.
My bike is very light, I could put it up on the roof, but I just didn't want to deal with the step ladder. Plus, once in awhile I put my mtb on there. Most of the time I am driving to a ride, i am with my husband and he has an SUV that fits both bikes in the back and a wonderful Saris flat bed rack that even extends for 4 bikes. But, usually I ride right out of my door.
I guess I became leery of roof racks when about 6 years ago the father of one of my son's racing team mates drove into the garage with the kid's new carbon bike on the roof. I guess there is no accounting for common sense, since this guy is the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. I decided then it would be too easy to forget about the bike up there!

[LBTC]

Yay, Robyn! So glad it is all resolved! And that there is insurance, too!
I know what you mean about bikes on the roof. DH and I remind ourselves for blocks "bikes on the roof" before we get to our carport. So far it works. It would sound insanely silly to anyone else, though.
I'm comforted knowing that if the bikes were damaged in such a way the rider on our house insurance that we have, would cover the bike damage with no deductible. Yup, we have it on all of our bikes, and that insurance costs more than the house insurance!!

I can't reach the roof rack, so I really miss the room we had in the van. The expensive brand new Toyota van was a lemon though, so I'm much happier about everything else with the Mazda 6 sportwagon.

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~

[tygab]

Robyn,

Sorry to hear about your bike rack/car mishap, but glad everything is working out for you.... I am enjoying my backseat-less Element for bike hauling these days....