Treechunk just got hit by a car
perhaps you're more shaken up than you previously thought
seriously tho, glad you're ok.
11-09-05 | 02:50 PM
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meet the mets
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From: Bucktown, Chicago
Bikes: Raleigh conversion (hours spent making it look like a Pista); Porter Track, Samson Track, Leto Roadie.
Damn Sam...kick to the wheel, punch to the face, now this?!
11-09-05 | 03:29 PM
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From: ex-mpls!
Bikes: Magna X-Force
I was going to care there for a second, but then I realized that he is okay!
Glad to hear you are up and alright treechunk! can't wait to see you again. you missed one great ride last week with the beer grab bag ride!
Glad to hear you are up and alright treechunk! can't wait to see you again. you missed one great ride last week with the beer grab bag ride!
11-09-05 | 03:30 PM
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From: Milwaukee Wisconsin
Bikes: Surly LHT, Surly Steamroller, Jonnycycles Track, 80's Schwiinn Voyager SA 3 speed conversion/fixed, Schwinn Voyager SA 3 speed conversion standard. 1973 Schwinn Twinn Deluxe
Sam, Glad to hear that you're awright.
On a bird related note....I recently had one fly BETWEEN my wheels while I was riding. It threaded the needle thru my spinning crank arms.I almost crashed trying to figure out what had just happened and if I was hallucinating or not. Kinda cool............
On a bird related note....I recently had one fly BETWEEN my wheels while I was riding. It threaded the needle thru my spinning crank arms.I almost crashed trying to figure out what had just happened and if I was hallucinating or not. Kinda cool............
11-09-05 | 04:07 PM
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From: Little Village, Chicago, IL
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Originally Posted by jasonsan
Sam, Glad to hear that you're awright.
On a bird related note....I recently had one fly BETWEEN my wheels while I was riding. It threaded the needle thru my spinning crank arms.I almost crashed trying to figure out what had just happened and if I was hallucinating or not. Kinda cool............
On a bird related note....I recently had one fly BETWEEN my wheels while I was riding. It threaded the needle thru my spinning crank arms.I almost crashed trying to figure out what had just happened and if I was hallucinating or not. Kinda cool............
One of my friends had a pigeon dive into his front wheel and get chopped up a bit. I'm glad I didn't do that, although perhaps I should have slowed down to look at what happened. Maybe I wouldn't have gotten hit.
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11-09-05 | 04:43 PM
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From: gainesville, FL
Bikes: trek 520 with gold rims, custom villin
I second the "best wheel ever." That thing is toast.
Nice job walking away from that one. F-ing pigeons.
In light of the request for a hottest bike thread, there should also be a worst bike carnage thread.
Nice job walking away from that one. F-ing pigeons.
In light of the request for a hottest bike thread, there should also be a worst bike carnage thread.
11-09-05 | 04:45 PM
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From: san francisco
Bikes: 74 paramount track, 80s maruishi track, 70s chesini track.
yeah, worst carnage thread seconded. top wheel: this one right here. other category: that bike where the saddle was ripped off and the back wheel was jacked. it was a yellow khs. that thing was nuts!
11-09-05 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by gmcaptain
I second the "best wheel ever." That thing is toast.
Nice job walking away from that one. F-ing pigeons.
In light of the request for a hottest bike thread, there should also be a worst bike carnage thread.
Nice job walking away from that one. F-ing pigeons.
In light of the request for a hottest bike thread, there should also be a worst bike carnage thread.
the best part about the whole thing is that I got a brand new 105 hub in exchange for my dead wheel from a friend of mine who wants to use it as a teaching tool.
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11-09-05 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by gokiburi
wow.. talk about flashbacks.. glad to hear you're ok and didn't bump your head. now you've got an excuse to get a new rim. maybe you can salvage the hub...
unfortunately the hub flange was scraped VERY badly on the ground. I wouldn't trust it.
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11-09-05 | 04:59 PM
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[QUOTE=Super Rookie]I am just happy that there wasn't any of that red stuff on the ground. Sam or Pigeon!
Check this wheel out. Glad to know that treechunk wasn't the reason for this picture.
wow, that's a winner.
Here's another winner. My friend was rear-ended at 40 mph on his way to the Velodrome.
Check this wheel out. Glad to know that treechunk wasn't the reason for this picture.
wow, that's a winner.
Here's another winner. My friend was rear-ended at 40 mph on his way to the Velodrome.
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11-09-05 | 05:06 PM
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Bikes: Lots. Mostly steel. Mostly heavy. Mostly geared, and very low, at that.
oh, and my fork WAS very slightly bent. My friend (who gave me the hub) has a Park Tools fork straightening tool (https://www.desperadocycles.com/Tools...nment_Tool.htm). It's all straight now.
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