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nib1980 - 19/10/07 at 02:59 PM

Hi all

Time a for a little game, called guess what happened to me.

Now few facts for you, got car registered on wednesday, and done 78.6 miles since then.

Time for the piccys

stuffed mount

stuffed wing

Oh and I had to bend the mount out of the tyre to get home!!!

so who makes the best mounts?
what price?
anyone got any front wings in black (or carbon fibre ) for sale??

oh well better now than in summer.

James - 19/10/07 at 03:02 PM

Over a pot hole, the wing bounced down and back edge dug into tyre? Catching it and ripping it round????

...maybe...

hmmmm.

Cheers,
James

iank - 19/10/07 at 03:06 PM

Wing stay snapped off at the traditional place - at the join of the tube and the flat by the looks of things.

Made a bit of a mess of the wing.

arrybradbury - 19/10/07 at 03:11 PM

A lorry drove over the top of you but you managed to stay between the wheels apart from the front wheelarch which got caught and ripped off your car.........

Just a guess

fesycresy - 19/10/07 at 03:13 PM

You drove through Longleat and the monkeys ripped it off ?

Again, just a guess

Paul TigerB6 - 19/10/07 at 03:15 PM

You ran over a stupid pedestrian - but it was ok because you still had your SVA edging trim on so you didnt cut them as you ran over them with your wheel????

SeaBass - 19/10/07 at 03:19 PM

PMSL at those guesses...

flange nut - 19/10/07 at 03:20 PM

You've broken it already!

nib1980 - 19/10/07 at 03:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by flange nut
You've broken it already!

yep, I knew it would happen, not even got to a meeting yet!

speedyxjs - 19/10/07 at 03:59 PM

Aliens tried to steal your front wing as you were driving along and then, having removed it, decided they didnt want it, so threw it along the ground?

jollygreengiant - 19/10/07 at 04:19 PM

Blimey mate, was that you I saw at about 3:15 this afternoon on Rixon Road ?. I did give you a wave, I was in the prune coloured Mondeo Taxi that went past in the other direction. It looked SOOOO good seeing you go past.

Back luck mate, at least its only cosmetics and not personal injury.

[Edited on 19/10/07 by jollygreengiant]

dave1888 - 19/10/07 at 04:33 PM

In a desperate attempt to get the last remianing drop of ice cream from the bottom of your very large hagen daz tub you used your cyclewing as a scoop. then again maybe not.

nib1980 - 19/10/07 at 04:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Blimey mate, was that you I saw at about 3:15 this afternoon on Rixon Road ?. I did give you a wave, I was in the prune coloured Mondeo Taxi that went past in the other direction. It looked SOOOO good seeing you go past.

Back luck mate, at least its only cosmetics and not personal injury.

[Edited on 19/10/07 by jollygreengiant]

yep i think that was me down near the recycling centre

you have U2U

Are you in wellingborough then?

Sorry didn't recognise you

Confused but excited. - 19/10/07 at 06:24 PM

Your front mudguard decided to wing it's merry way.

Got my coat and already leaving........

jollygreengiant - 19/10/07 at 06:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nib1980

quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
Blimey mate, was that you I saw at about 3:15 this afternoon on Rixon Road ?. I did give you a wave, I was in the prune coloured Mondeo Taxi that went past in the other direction. It looked SOOOO good seeing you go past.

Back luck mate, at least its only cosmetics and not personal injury.

[Edited on 19/10/07 by jollygreengiant]

yep i think that was me down near the recycling centre

you have U2U

Are you in wellingborough then?

Sorry didn't recognise you

It was down by Allen Concrete, you were heading towards bushboard.
I've read your u2u and replied.
I'm in Higham Ferrers, but, drive a taxi (out of Rushden) for my sins, so tend to get everywhere.

Howlor - 19/10/07 at 06:39 PM

Sound barrier?!

David Jenkins - 19/10/07 at 06:43 PM

Welcome to an illustrious group of fellow wing-breakers!

You're not the first, and I'm SURE that you won't be the last! (but you may be the quickest...)

[Edited on 19/10/07 by David Jenkins]

kipper - 19/10/07 at 07:16 PM

Jeez dont it make you sick, I have had that happen three times now but the second one was the scariest, the flailing bracket took out the brake pipe.
Quite a wonderful laxative as I remember.

Regards Kipper.

Humbug - 19/10/07 at 10:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
Hi all

Time a for a little game, called guess what happened to me.

Now few facts for you, got car registered on wednesday, and done 78.6 miles since then.

Time for the piccys

Oh and I had to bend the mount out of the tyre to get home!!!

so who makes the best mounts?what price?
anyone got any front wings in black (or carbon fibre ) for sale??

oh well better now than in summer.

You do! Better than all the pre-made ones I've ever seen. After suffering breakages on my (ST) ones in all the places imaginable, I made up replacements from BTB (bloody thick bar

): 2x single piece of bar from base plate to under the wings. Base plate was the original triangle piece.

ch1ll1 - 20/10/07 at 06:27 AM

welcome to the broken wing stay club

tcr - 20/10/07 at 10:20 AM

not just me then (damn police men should wake up and get off the road)

Peteff - 20/10/07 at 12:32 PM

I thought you'd been abducted by aliens as well when I saw the title

Avoneer - 22/10/07 at 05:33 PM

Bad luck mate.

3000 miles in my Avon.

1000 miles in my Bitsablade.

Never had one break yet and I've done them both the same with two lengths of flat all the way from bolts to wing.

Pat...