Beautiful Disaster...
 

So I have often wondered about ppl driving their original or freshly restored C&V automobiles, only to have the unfortunate event of an accident.

Point of the thread being let's translate this to C&V bicycles! Let's see your damaged sweetheart & let us mourn.

How about No. :mad:

Here's on of the minor incident results. The major ones I dodn't bother to record, memory works well enough. Andy

I have no pictures to share, but my first Capo frame got bent back in my one-and-only collision with a motor vehicle (left hook while commuting home from work). I had it straightened at my favorite local bike shop and rode it a few more years until the downtube began to rupture right behind the butting.

This... :bike2:

Your emojis say you're holding back. Spill.

I've only crashed twice, once when aged 9, and the other in 2008. The 2008 accident only resulted in the loss of a small amount of paint (and some skin due to road rash).

What a crap premise, type of question to pose... foo :foo:

Lets all have a safe ride.

This 311 song isn't bad though...

I really think you're over reacting. I'm not wishing accidents upon ppl for cheap thrills. This is to view the other side of the sport.

It isnt a perfect world where every bike photo is a heart warming, sunny day, aching to be ridden down a winding path into the sunset. Such is life. Accidents happen, people move on.

Perhaps this question is being taken too personal. I know this question would get very little flak in an automobile forum.

What an odd and ominous way to introduce yourself...let's see heartbreak!!

Most join a forum as a way to share with like minded individuals..a community of enthusiasts, a celebration in a way of a common interest.
You joined, apparently, to get your freak on.

You are at best a troll, the other option being a freak of misfortune. Troll on, or have some liquor, Ladd.

I've crashed one time on the road, no pics. But it was on a modern Tri bike during training. It wasn't pretty.

This topic hits close to home for me. I used to be a hobbyist, restoring 50's and early 60's era British sports cars once upon a time, and back when I hadn't been priced out the market (different story.) Lightweight bicycles ultimately replaced that weird need I have to preserve and use something beautiful from the past. My greatest fear has always been "that first scratch," let alone a crash that humbles or incapacitates the bike (or car.) I recall leaning my mint condition, never restored but nevertheless perfect condition Paramount against a brick wall once. To my absolute horror, the bike rolled and left a small scratch in the otherwise perfectly preserved top tube. Although I spent a lot of time mending that error and I would bet no one would ever easily locate that scratch, my eyes zero in on the spot every single time I ride it. Call it OCD, if you will. The thing is that I've only seriously crashed once in my 57 years (not on one of my restos, thank goodness!), and - fingers crossed - that will be the extent of it. My riding is leisurely and probably overly cautious, and I'd be lying if I didn't say that that abundance of caution isn't as much about the bike as it is my own safety and goodwill. Is that messed up priorities, or what???

So, I'm counting myself lucky for not having experienced a "beautiful disaster," I can absolutely understand why such an event might occupy one's thoughts!

LOL, I don't know why everyone is so uptight about this thread. I've had a few wrecks over the years and would share pics if I had them. Maybe there's a repressed fear of crashing in most cyclist so they are uptight about the subject. Heck, I don't know. Maybe I'll be the next one dunrobin attacks since I don't see the why this is so upsetting.

I've been knocked out in a crash and still suffer from the after effects and I've still got the scar on my abdomen where I took a high rise handlebar in the gut during a childhood crash. But I'll still bomb down Trappers Loop at 55 mph if the wind allows on any of my 20-30 year old bikes.

I don't want anyone hurt and i don't want to be hurt but still I don't see the big deal with viewing pics of crashed rides. It's life, it' happens, oh well. Heck, do you really watch auto racing for the fun of them going in circles or for the crashes, be honest!

I've ruined three front fenders, a derailleur, and lots of tires. Road debris was the cause, and I should have avoided it, but i ride where I like to ride, and that leads to this.

The thread doesn't bother me. Accidents happen, and where the loss is just stuff, possessions, it's best to keep a lighthearted attitude about it. Stay safe, guys!

Only reason why I got 'uptight' about it is a new poster beginning his relationship with your misfortune. I had what could have been a really bad accident last year. A car cut me off in an intersection resulting in me hammering my brakes and doing a full 360 in the air. Fortunately i unclipped, tucked and rolled and landed on my feet without a scratch, while still keeping one hand on the handlebars. I can only attribute my good fortune to many years in contact sports and just plain luck. My carbon bike was cracked and disposed of. I don't keep pictures of 'wrecks' but I do have the forks and incidentals from that frame.
It could have been really ugly. The girls who cut me off were slackjawed, and probably in as much shock as me.
Btw, I had just finished building it, maiden ride 15lb bike and not even a helmet on. Just a quick tuning ride that ended poorly.

[QUOTE=jamesdak;19390163]LOL, I don't know why everyone is so uptight about this thread. I've had a few wrecks over the years and would share pics if I had them. Maybe there's a repressed fear of crashing in most cyclist so they are uptight about the subject. Heck, I don't know. Maybe I'll be the next one dunrobin attacks since I don't see the why this is so upsetting.

Sorry if that's the impression you get James. Not what I intended and my other posts should reflect.

[QUOTE=dunrobin;19390481]No worries on my part. I think your post above and mine show how differently we can react to wrecks or other "hardships" in life. No big deal. Maybe you just have more sense to me. Of course I'm also the guy who used to step out of perfectly good aircraft in the army so common sense may not be my strong suit, LOL!

I'll play.
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Ouch, how'd the arm heal? Were you able to save the bike? The fork looks bent backwards on top of the obvious issues.

Accident in 2009. Everything works well but my eye, which has permanent distortion in a small area that happens to be in the center of my vision. Not only that, I was left eye dominant most of my life, now I am still struggling at times to move it to my right eye!
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I also fractured the left scapula, broke the twelfth rib which punctured my lung for a short period, road rash and a lot of soft tissue damage to the shoulder and forearm. Nerves in my forearm are still waking up! Uninsured motorist from another state that got away.

^ Having heard the story from the horse's mouth and now seeing the pics again, I can say that's everything that's wrong with this thread ;)

I'm the kinda guy who hates seeing physical reminders of such unfortunate incidents. I certainly don't document mine - I have no time for looking back on things like that! But okay, I get the fascination...people do slow down and rubberneck every time there's an accident.

OP: how about the other side, tho? Post a pic or two of one of your bikes - thanks!

Oh, and welcome to the Forums :)

DD

I have no photos to post as of yet. And if I did, I wouldn't take myself & internet so seriously that I wouldn't.

Whoops. Dude gave you an opportunity and you reacted with a backhanded swipe instead. I recommend chalking it up to an epic typo which couldn't possibly have been anticipated due to the staggering odds, and then a full reset.

[EDIT] Hahahaha I was using "dude" as a generic pronoun. Just noticed the "dude" in question was Drillium Dude. Serendipity!! :)