Originally Posted by
Rowan
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Interestingly, the only time I have had an issue with something getting jammed was when I got a backpack draped down the back of the rear rack, and got caught between the wheel and the SKS fender. The fender broke, so it wasn't really a major incident.
This past summer I was out for an exercise ride and encountered someone that had crashed her bike. When I saw her, she was lying in an intersection in the road and someone was standing nearby with a cell phone calling for help. I went over to see if I could help. I picked up her bike so that she did not have one leg over and another under it, she was trying to get up but was a bit shocky. There was a tennis shoe stuck in the front wheel and fork. Apparently she had a pair of sneakers hanging from the laces from her handlebars, one sneaker got into the spokes and jammed in her front wheel and locked it up. Trek Madone. Once again I was reminded that that having an expensive bike does not make you any smarter.