weeman
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Hello all!
While riding up from Seattle going north to Bellingham on my 1995 R1100rsl I was following a big rig keeping a distance behind as most of the traffic had a close proximity to me. As I was paying attention to the guy beside me and taking my site off the big rig momentarily I then focused back on my forward path only to briefly see what was fairly solid semi wide on the ground cross under my front wheel. When the front of the wheel hit this object the bike immediately jumped 6 inches came down with a very brief wobble then settled back on my path forward. I then traveled to the side of the road unharmed to assess the damage only to find the wheel had bent a little bit on both sides. I finished getting home after riding an addition 20 miles with the bike and a very slight difference in rolling but knowing I cannot ride the bike after that.
I guess in a way I'm damn lucky to be writing this while at home on my computer safe and sound. I guess now I will be hunting for a straight used front wheel for my bike....any suggestions where I can find one?
Thanks for reading this post.
Steve
While riding up from Seattle going north to Bellingham on my 1995 R1100rsl I was following a big rig keeping a distance behind as most of the traffic had a close proximity to me. As I was paying attention to the guy beside me and taking my site off the big rig momentarily I then focused back on my forward path only to briefly see what was fairly solid semi wide on the ground cross under my front wheel. When the front of the wheel hit this object the bike immediately jumped 6 inches came down with a very brief wobble then settled back on my path forward. I then traveled to the side of the road unharmed to assess the damage only to find the wheel had bent a little bit on both sides. I finished getting home after riding an addition 20 miles with the bike and a very slight difference in rolling but knowing I cannot ride the bike after that.
I guess in a way I'm damn lucky to be writing this while at home on my computer safe and sound. I guess now I will be hunting for a straight used front wheel for my bike....any suggestions where I can find one?
Thanks for reading this post.
Steve