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  1. July 25th, 2011, 03:17 PM #1
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    Angry It's Official

    I'm an idiot.

    For years I laughed at the stories of people driving into their garages with the bikes on the roof and the resulting damage.

    So what did I do on Saturday afternoon?

    flamemad:

    I'll give you one guess...

    I broke the wheel tabs off my very expensive Fox fork and shredded the rear wheel holder on the rack.

    The only consolation is that I haven't seen any damage to my Titus frame, which is really expensive.

    Spud, Tig, Steve - Any recommendations for 5-inch travel fork for not too much $$?
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    Sorry to hear this. I'm way out of touch on forks.
    An old teammate of mine is the Titus marketing guy, but I doubt he can help on this.
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    I don't have any recommendations for forks, but I would recommend a sign hanging down at eye level from your garage ceiling that reminds you that you might have a bike on the car.

    If you find a fork that you like and are internet shopping check here for price comparisons http://www.bestwebbuys.com/bikes/

    S    orry about your destruction. Great story though. Welcome to the club.

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    Pix or it didn't happen
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ch0jin View Post
    Pix or it didn't happen
    Wait a minute!

    If I don't take any pics, then the whole disaster never happened??!!

    I'll burn my camera to have my fork back!
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    I'd recommend a RockShox Mag 21. Old school, baby!

    Seriously Jason, that's a shame. I think I'm just lucky that I never had a garage to pull into. I did almost do some damage one time pulling into the parkade on Railroad in Bellingham; luckily I was going slow enough that I heard and felt the handlebar touch the clearance warning bar before any damage was done.

    Good luck on your fork hunt, brother!
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    Yikes! Sorry to hear about that, but I'm more than a little relieved it didn't have anything to do with musical equipment!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric View Post
    Yikes! Sorry to hear about that, but I'm more than a little relieved it didn't have anything to do with musical equipment!
    ...but dude. it's his BIKE!

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  9. July 26th, 2011, 09:58 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric View Post
    Yikes! Sorry to hear about that, but I'm more than a little relieved it didn't have anything to do with musical equipment!
    Unfortunately, in a tangential manner, it does.

    A new fork will cut seriously into my music gear funds. I had my eye on a new bass amph head that will now have to wait.
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    I'd like to mock you, but as someone who injured his hand in a running snowblower . . .

    I guess it does give new meaning to the term "the fork in the road."

    As a matter of fact, when you recognized what you did, a word remarkably similar to "fork" probably came to mind.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NWBasser View Post
    Wait a minute!

    If I don't take any pics, then the whole disaster never happened??!!

    I'll burn my camera to have my fork back!
    It seems my comments clearly fell in to the "Too Soon" category huh.

    It does suck about your bike. I have RockShox on the front of my MTB, but not the terribly expensive kind. In fact I'm lucky that apart from a couple of scratches from where I've laid it down (once at some speed, and once as a result of a car running into me while I was stationary) and a rear tyre that got a serious flat spot due to some hectic emergency braking, I've been lucky.
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    on the bright side, you did get the car into the garage
    so you can feel better by comparison



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    I'm glad I don't have a garage...sometimes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ch0jin View Post
    It seems my comments clearly fell in to the "Too Soon" category huh.

    It does suck about your bike. I have RockShox on the front of my MTB, but not the terribly expensive kind. In fact I'm lucky that apart from a couple of scratches from where I've laid it down (once at some speed, and once as a result of a car running into me while I was stationary) and a rear tyre that got a serious flat spot due to some hectic emergency braking, I've been lucky.
    Nah, I should have put some smilies in there to get the jibe of it across better.

    I was just kidding with ya'.
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    I'll be taking it into the shop today.

    The great news is that the damage would be covered under my homeowner's policy.

    The bad news - $500 deductible, which is about what a new fork will be.

    I'll likely go with a 120 mm Fox Float RL.

    The Rockshox Reba is also comparable, but I've hated every Rockshox I've ever had. My last RS fork came stock on a Stumpjumper I used to have and it was downright scary. It would rebound/bounce so fast that it would throw the front wheel off-track! It was more a pogo stick than a suspension fork. That was a serious POS.

    Marzocchi's are nice too, but aren't any cheaper than a Fox and I know I like the Fox.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudman View Post
    I'm glad I don't have a garage...sometimes.
    It seems with all the snow there, that a garage would be requisite in Eastern Idaho.

    I'm in quite a minority by parking my car in my garage. Most people around here park in the driveway and fill the garage with garbage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NWBasser View Post
    Most people around here park in the driveway and fill the garage with garbage.
    My side of the garage is filled with bikes and tools!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tig View Post
    My side of the garage is filled with bikes and tools!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tig View Post
    My side of the garage is filled with bikes and tools!
    Hmmm...what's with the road frame with no top tube, Doug? Is that just a rear triangle?
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