This happened to me (also with an orange Rambo). The skewer on the rack had a rough spot in it that made it feel like the quick release was closing tightly. In fact it was not tight. While driving through a pot holed parking lot the bike must have pitched to one side. The drop out on one side pulled out cleanly but the bike pivoted on the other drop out bending it 90 degrees.
I have now made sure the skewers are clean and operate with out binding. I also give the bike a good shake when I have mounted it and look for play where the drop outs are mounted. Larry Powers "just when you think that you've been gyped the bearded lady comes and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:13:18 -0700 Subject: [RBW] Re: ARGH! Killed my fork! From: ginoza...@gmail.com To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:17 PM, boulderreccycle <boulderreccy...@gmail.com> wrote: Bike tipped over on my roof rack, bending my right dropout Can you describe this a bit more? What does 'bike tipped over' mean? Were the dropouts sitting on the skewer in the rack, but not locked in? I'd also be curious: did you have any bags/heavy stuff attached to the bike? I'm just trying to understand how this sort of thing happens. Thanks, Gino _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
