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Originally Posted by abisel View Post
^^^ looking down at the front wheel reminded me of a day back in my youth. I was riding my Schwinn home one evening when I heard a squealing from the front wheel. So I leaned over to hear the squeal better and when I looked up, I saw the rear end of a parked car. Bang! Up and over the car I went. Front wheel on the bike was bent in half. No damage to the car.
Fun fact. We discovered as kids that the rear bumper on the local Buick was the perfect height to rear-end on our bikes. The front wheel would lock under the bumper and we could pivot on it and, if you were brave enough, flip onto the trunk . . .


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