That's not neccessarily anything to do with the bike's structural integrity, but it could have been just the way the way he hit. I had an accident with another dude on a bicycle and because of the way we hit, his bike was destroyed. He had to walk it - no, carry it back - to his dorm. His wheels - both - were too far bent to roll. I rode off on mine after straightening the handlebars. I was a bit pissed because he was going the wrong way on a one way, on the wrong side of the road and I told him so: "The law for bicycles is, you stay on the right side of a road like a car. If you would have stuck to the right side of the road this would never have happened. " I wasn't yelling or cursing, I was calm, but emphatically assertive. He really didn't know that bikes follow the same rules as cars, and was profusely apologetic. He did realize he was wrong and learned a valuable lesson in how to avoid ruining another bike by following the riding rules common to all modes of transportation in this country: stay on the right side of the road. He had a very expensive bike; mine was just a low end Raleigh 10 - speed. Now, I am pedaling my Cannondale with a 25cc Robin Subaru motor on it till I can fix my 450's front caliper. It'll go 29 + mph and it looks like, even with riding most of the time at WOT, I am still getting around 200 mpg. My 450 was getting around 55...
________________________________ From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, September 26, 2010 1:34:39 PM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] One-dead-after-two-motorcycle-crash I find it significant that the guy on the older bike survived the crash. -Kurt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
