Joined: Nov 2006
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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
I was riding up York St in New Haven about 20 years ago when I saw a pothole right in front of me. I hopped it with the front wheel and got my weight off the saddle while I hit it with my back wheel. So I wasn't sitting on the saddle when I heard a BANG from my bike immediately followed by a loud DINK from the fender of the car next to me. When I sat back down, my saddle was like an elevator going down, and it stopped when it was sitting on the top tube. I pulled over. WTF? Seat post bolt had broken in half, and part of it shot out and hit a parked car!