Yes. Very orange. At least it's visible. And I'm less worried about the scratches, since the paint job is so crappy. :-)
The bike tipped over thanks to a number of factors. I parked it on the shoulder of a road with a very steep crown, kickstand side uphill. So it was almost vertical. Not very stable. On top of that, there was about 75 pounds of weight on the back, quite a bit of it up high in the tail trunk, to make it even less stable on the sidestand. And I think I shifted it a bit on the sidestand while I was getting out my rain gear and trying to put the rain cover on the tail trunk. My fault, and I was VERY careful during the rest of the trip to make sure the bike was stable when I parked it.
*erk* Parking on a slope makes me a bit nervous too.
I'm glad there was no major damage to the bike. I dropped my old bike on the right side once and I had to replace the rear brake and the thingammajig it fitted into.
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Your date is wrong, June 30th? I don't think so ;)
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The wind was strong enough to tip your bike over? Yikes!
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The bike tipped over thanks to a number of factors. I parked it on the shoulder of a road with a very steep crown, kickstand side uphill. So it was almost vertical. Not very stable. On top of that, there was about 75 pounds of weight on the back, quite a bit of it up high in the tail trunk, to make it even less stable on the sidestand. And I think I shifted it a bit on the sidestand while I was getting out my rain gear and trying to put the rain cover on the tail trunk. My fault, and I was VERY careful during the rest of the trip to make sure the bike was stable when I parked it.
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I'm glad there was no major damage to the bike. I dropped my old bike on the right side once and I had to replace the rear brake and the thingammajig it fitted into.
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