Old 05-25-08 | 08:18 PM
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Greenfast
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The good and the bad (carnage pics) and advice needed

Ok first the good, I raced this weekend and got 8th at Snake Alley Crit and 6th at Melon City Crit on Saturday and Sunday and those writeup can be found at my blog in my signature.

Now onto the bad, left the race today and headed home, about a 75 mile drive, we get about 5 miles from home and I happen to hear something so I look in my mirror to see my bike flying off the car at about 70mph, so I lock up the brakes and quickly backup. Thankfully the car behind us was far enough back he didn't run it over, and it slid off mostly into the shoulder so it was safe till I could get stopped and back up to it, thankfully the car got new brakes a couple weeks ago. So the damage is a dented top tube hoping the frame is still ok to ride, but the fork took a good beating and that is what I am looking for help on, look at the pics here http://picasaweb.google.com/KASKSnoop/BrokenBike and let me know what you think. I also bent the rear skewer, the wheel that I just got back from the shop being trued is bent again, the seat it trashed, the shifters took a good beating, and the stem has seen better days.

Any input is appreciated and I will probably try and take the bike into my LBS when they are open on Tuesday to se about the frame damage.

Thanks.
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