deej said:
Uhhhhhhhhhh did I miss this story somewhere? Give it up man!!!!!!
I got rear-ended on my way home from work about two years ago.
Believe it or not, the Range-Rover that took me out had more $$ damage than my totaled bike did.
I was sitting at a light when the dude ran me over (He was on his phone????).
Anyway, his SUV's front end rolled up onto my rear wheel. His front bumper went up over rear wheel and under the sub-frame. By the time the SUV had stopped, my subframe had ripped through the front of his SUV, taking out the radiator and other stuff (AC?, Oil, Trans coolers?).
I was super-lucky. I used to put my laptop-bag flat on a big rack on back of my bike. When the SUV hit, the bag popped in the upright position serving as a cushion between my back and the flat front of the Range Rover. When my back hit his front, the bag took most of the impact. I hit the ground hard. But no broken bones.
In the end, I got a new bike out of the deal.
These bikes are tougher than most give credit for. The rear-wheel not only took the hit, but was able to hold the weight of the SUV (front bumper was resting on top of wheel). After the paramedics checked me out, and the law finished questioning, a bunch of guys were able to pull the bike from out of the SUV's grill.
I road it home!!!!! It woddled like a duck, but made it. Frame was bent/broke, rear wheel was bend and missing spokes, swingarm was bent, bushing where all smashed. I had another bike within 3 days and I was back into my commuting routine within a week once I got new gear and helmet (crash scraped my gear up pretty bad).
