That is not good! Can't imagine watching my bike cartwheeling down the road behind me!!
Not so much cartwheeling as being dragged along by the retaining strap. I'm guessing there were sparks coming off the bars and rear QR where they were in contact with the road - judging by the smell of melting grips when I got out the car the bars must have been pretty hot.
Only ever bought one "off the shelf" bike - my Condor Pista on BTW, and that was modified from their "stock" spec to suit my wants.
Everything else has been built up, by me, to order - currently running to 10 bikes between me and her. Mix of new and s/hand bits, frame swaps, replacement for worn out bits, evolution over time etc.
Can't imagine watching my bike cartwheeling down the road behind me!!
I once watched my bike doing exactly that after the roof carrier it was on on the car in front peeled off at 80mph on the M61 🙁 I could see pieces of metal and plastic flying everywhere, but in fact it was still rideable, though I had to re-circlip the front brake master cylinder, and my nice new kevlar saddle was trashed 🙁
Stock except contact points - my fave lock ons and saddle. It already had regular Shimano spds, but I would have got those changed if it hadn't.
There are 5 bikes in my shed and the closest to stock is the roadie. I've only changed the wheels and saddle on that.
