Comments on: A Freak Occurence

By: Iron Man

Iron Man — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:16:24 +0000

Any chance your homeowners policy will cover the damages? That is if your damages are greater than your deductible. Here in Missouri we’ve had two years straight with extremely damaging ice storms. I’ve got branches in the back dangling like the sword of Damacles (I got that from the Three Stooges in case you were all thinking I was rather learned by that reference). Perhaps I should store my bike under the 200 lb limb hanging out back.

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:42:50 +0000

It’s quite astonishing that everyone I talk to has some sort of “tree branch” story. When I took my wheel into the LBS to get retensioned, the mechanic told me a story about a friend of his who was walking his dog in a city park, and a tree limb came down on them, killing the man and his dog instantly.

Also, one of my Flickr contacts forwarded me a set of links of other bicycle/tree limb mishaps. Freaky, indeed!

By: climbinskier

climbinskier — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:48:34 +0000

That is extremely nuts! What are the chances? I actually worked at a summer camp once where on a windy day a 40 pound branch fell out of a tree and hit a girl. Luckily she heard it, looked up, and got enough out the way that it only grazed her.

By: 2whls3spds

2whls3spds — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:10:44 +0000

In the logging industry those are known as widow makers…glad this one missed.

Aaron

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:13:12 +0000

Oh, yeah…it has holes riddled through it.

We joked a couple years ago that since we couldn’t reach it with a pole saw, we were just going to blast it out of the tree with a 12 gauge shotgun. We even hitched a huge rope to it and tugged on it without budging it…so we forgot about it altogether. Now, two years later on a windless and rainless day, it decides to come down. Ugh.

By: RL Policar

RL Policar — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:49:24 +0000

Dang Jack…could it be that the tree limb had some sort of termite or beetle like bug eating through it?

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:18:11 +0000

Har har…I live in a really old, uninsulated house. When it drops below 60, my wife hounds me to have a fire so she can warm up. Gotta do my part for global warming, seeing as how I don’t burn much gasoline

This just in: the back wheel is warped. Let’s hope I can true it…

By: princesshungry

princesshungry — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:56:33 +0000

that’s mother nature for ya…

firewood in florida? what, for when it gets below 85?

By: meli

meli — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:26:13 +0000

that is pretty mad crazy!
well, on a brighter side, luckily was a the bike and not you or your family/friends, wow, unbelievable…
this will be your sub-holiday of the 4th, such crazy story!

By: Ian Hoffman

Ian Hoffman — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:38:04 +0000

Wow. Bummer for the bike. But, better to land on the bike than on you or family when you were working in the yard. Be sure to give the bike a good inspection, check for any paint that’s cracked where something might have bent. Might want to have the LBS check out the tension/true on the wheels as well.