CRASH! Today's report

[Mr. Bloom]

The lady was right on my butt, I deserved it.

On the serious site, nothing you did deserved a potential death sentence from that woman...

On a lighter note, I would have done exactly what you did to her, but I wouldn't have been skilled enough to do the rabbit food catapult

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Invisible woman,
You are very lucky your bike didn't go down when you blew that tire and you didn't get run over by the tailgating car. I don't think I'd want to be riding between a big blind truck and a bully driver that was angry at me.

[Tuckervill]

Her tire didn't blow. Just the bungee got caught in everything.

Reminds me of the story dh often refers to that happened to him as a teenager. He was riding in a car with a friend and some other car was being inconsiderate. Having just gone through McDonalds, the friend got ticked off enough at the other driver that he threw his chicken sandwich out the window and it landed on the other driver's windshield.

Now when we're the victim in similar circumstances, we just wish aloud that we had a chicken sandwich handy. "Where's my chicken sandwich?"

Karen

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Her tire didn't blow. Just the bungee got caught in everything.

Ok, so...
You are very lucky your bike didn't go down when your bungee cord got wrapped up in your chain and you didn't get run over by the tailgating car. I don't think I'd want to be riding between a big blind truck and a bully driver that was angry at me.

Reminds me of the story dh often refers to that happened to him as a teenager. He was riding in a car with a friend and some other car was being inconsiderate. Having just gone through McDonalds, the friend got ticked off enough at the other driver that he threw his chicken sandwich out the window and it landed on the other driver's windshield.
Now when we're the victim in similar circumstances, we just wish aloud that we had a chicken sandwich handy. "Where's my chicken sandwich?"
Karen

There was a recent series of photos taken by a bystander on some bike forum... it wound up in the newspaper even I think- a guy in a parked car took a bite out of his fast food burger, didn't like it and tossed it out his car window into the road right in front of a woman who was bicycling by. (not "at" her however). She got mad about his littering, and got off her bike and picked up the messy burger and tossed it back into his front seat.
He blew his stack and got out of his car, grabbed her bike and threw it on the ground and started stomping on it. She then blew her stack and attacked him, he punched back and it became a whole fistfight where passersby had to tear them apart and hold them til the police came. Pretty nasty stuff. If he was a nut who had a gun in his glove compartment maybe he would have shot her! In any case her wheel was trashed. Be careful where you throw that sandwich- is it really worth it?

[lph]

Digression: I'm paranoid about things getting stuck in my wheels ever since doing a face plant over my front wheel at age 16 and breaking both front teeth (root canaled, bleached, and doing ok but yellowing with time).

So the one time I actually did have a bungee cord get loose and stuck in my rear wheel I was surprised how well the bike handled it. The cord was wrapped ROYALLY around the hub and took 20 minutes to macgyver out since the (whopping huge) hook had deformed and was trying to be an integral part of my wheel. One of the times I was a bit miffed that nobody stopped to help a damsel in distress, since the only "tool" I had available was my house key...

But despite all the noise and fury the wheel and spokes and all were true and unharmed.

[invsblwmn]

The tire didn't blow, the salad and granola bags popped when the bungee got in the chain. I thought it was the tire, but it was the bags. Thank goodness and I know I was lucky. And I ALWAYS keep my leatherman tool, a tire, and changing kit with me. Got that bungee out in a jiffy, while I was giggling.

[invsblwmn]

Also, LPH, ironically the bungee incident is what saved my road bike, my metal child. That bungee had done just as you had described, become part of the hub. I did have a leatherman tool with me (I tend to be over prepared for most things) and it all came out pretty easily in about 5 minutes. What I did NOT know was that a spoke had been affected. After a couple of weeks of riding to work, a wobble developed and I noticed that my wheel had cracked from the pressure on the spoke from the bungee. I took the dang thing to the shop on 9-25 and had to ride my old Specialized Rock Hopper with heavily studded tires on 9-26. It is a VERY slow ride, but on a day when you are going to get hit by an SUV and have your life change in ways you cannot imagine, going fast does not do much to help. That poor specialized is still in police custody and bent in half. I want to get over there and get my components off of it, but it is still protected until court. A couple of my hospital buddies had to do a side deal with the cops to get my keys, cell phone and credit card off the bike. Who would have known that a little grumpy lady who needed a rabbit food shower would be protecting me from certain death? Trippy!

[LBTC]

Wow. Now that is serendipity! How awesome that you can see the humour and irony! Fabulous healing you're doing, Dawn!

Welcome back!!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[mimitabby]

I started reading this thread, a bit confused... then I saw the date. Then I saw Invisiblewoman's post.... and then it got really strange.

Ah, the rest of the story. I'm glad your good bike didnt' get wasted. But i still wish you hadn't met up with the SUV either.
I hope you have a really good lawyer!