Fortunately, I wasn't riding at the time, or getting ready to by pulling one off the rack. Both bikes, and the monster NYC bike rack they were on, got mowed down by a Mack truck last week. They stood no chance, but they died well. According to witnesses, the wreckage they made under the wheels of the truck slowed it enough to keep it from crashing through a storefront.
The Trek is taffy - the frame is literally torn. The Schwinn?
Fork bent? Yes. Wheels tacoed? Yes. Bars noodled? Yes. Chainring bent? Yes. But the frame is still solid and straight. The headset and stem even appear to be okay: They turn cleanly when I move what's left of the handlebars.
Unbelievable. After all else has crumbled to dust, Electro Forged Schwinns WILL be here with the radioactive cockroaches.
Logic says that I should give up on it and find another. But I may just wig out andmay take it up the block to the same LBS that resurrected it the first time.
And the truck driver did pull a hit-and-run... most distressing.
