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Old 05-26-11 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BluesDawg
... but my Honjo front fender became a crumpled mess.
My fenders were 80's vintage ESGE (now SKS). The the mounting stays to the fender were pulled out at the rivets, but the rest of the fender was pretty much undamaged. Although I had no significant injuries, I keep thinking that I ought to weigh the possibility of an injury with a long recovery period against just slowing down and being more sedate. Then again, this week's incident happened while I was gently rolling through the parking lot on my way to the road.

Well, two days later I am not slowing down, but am definitely looking out more for road debris.

-Gary
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