I’ve had that happen to me 😳
We were out at Rivi on our annual bonfire nightride/firework-fest in absolutely insane “WTF-are-we-doing-out-in-this’ conditions. Proper gale force winds, and torrential rain. We abandoned it as shear stupidity, I strapped 2 bikes to my rear rack and we set off down the M61. Driving in gale force winds and driving, torrential, horizontal rain is never fun, but with 2 bikes on board, its even less!
The conditions were that bad, that you do that thing where you’re down to 30mph, with the wipers on full tilt, and you still can’t see. There was a huge gust of wind, which nearly knocked the car sideways, and I felt the bikes and rack lift, this then snapped the retaining straps on the Thule rack and a Stumpjumper bounced down the inside lane.
Now at that point, I didn’t give a toss about the bike. I had a horrible stomach-churning feeling, and my only thought was what was behind me, and was about to hit the bike. Luckily(?) it was an articulated lorry. There was absolutely nothing left of the bike. It was literally a barely recognisable, tangle of metal Not a single solitary salvageable part. Truly terrifying to think of something lighter hitting it. 😯
The bikes have gone inside the car ever since