VERY glad to hear you are doing as well. If you need my 57 Hilsen frame and or fork on free loan till your's is sorted, let me know. I'll could have it in transit tomorrow or tuesday. Keep up the mending.
On Sunday, September 7, 2014 3:53:57 PM UTC-6, Christopher Chen wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the kind words. It's a bit sad we live in an > adversarial sort of culture, because it's really easy to see this incident > from both sides. That said, I *was* going straight and the car entered my > space, so... > > In any event, I'm going to spend a few minutes today to take parts off the > bike to get at the frame and I'll have it looked over. > > Actually I just looked at the downtube and it's fubar. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/lumachrome/15148900746/in/photostream/ > > Ibuprofen is one hell of a drug and I'm back on my feet today. > > I have a new business idea though. The gauze the hospital gave me is > white, and it picks up cat hair like a moogerfooger, so I propose a custom > gauze service where you send in pictures of your cats and it makes a custom > colored gauze that matches your cat/dog's coat. You can specify up to 4 > different cats by submitting pictures and hair length + size for each, and > it will do a simulation to provide the exact match, like camo. > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Jon in the foothills of Central Colorado < > row.n.2...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> People just can't wait 3 seconds for a bike to get through an >> intersection.I hope you recover quickly. >> Inspect your bike for hidden damage: >> Feel under the down tube and top tube just behind the head tube for any >> bulges that may have ben caused by the impact. Have the bike shop remove >> the fork and inspect the fork crown and steerer tube for bends and >> cracks.Have them put the fork in a fork jig to check the alignment .Have >> them service the headset while the fork is out. Have them give the bike a >> total inspection *The V-DUB guy will pay for it.. You don't want >> something to happen later down the road that was caused by the accident.* >> Hope you are feeling better and back out on the road soon. >> Jon >> >> On Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:01:26 PM UTC-6, Christopher Chen wrote: >> >>> My Hilsen is out of commission for a little while. >>> >>> Heading on NW Broadway towards the bridge, at Flanders, when a silver VW >>> Golf making a left turn hits me. I go up and over and make a nice dent on >>> the windshield. Roll back down when the car stops and land on my feet (like >>> a cat!) and walk away, a bit dazed. >>> >>> Cops show up, we have a party with the firefighters, ambulance comes and >>> leaves. Witness gives his story, all the data gets swapped. >>> >>> Front rack is bent, front fork is askew, wheel is tacoed, but everything >>> is fixable. >>> >>> Police officer gives me a ride back to my apartment (hey it turns out >>> cops carry bikes on their cars all the time, by fitting the wheels between >>> the grill and the big external bumper on the front). >>> >>> X-rays turn out okay, no fractures. Everyone at the hospital was great. >>> It was about 8 hours ago and I'm just coming down from the endorphins. I >>> got a malt milkshake (horchata cookie!) to celebrate. >>> >>> Oh yeah, and my helmet is all cracked up. I'll be fine though. >>> >>> Anyway, keep an eye out there... >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> cc >>> >>> still picking pieces of windshield glass out of his hair >>> >>> -- >>> "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
