On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:10:33 -0700, Fast Turtle wrote:

Has anyone seen something like this ?

metal fatigue, especially along welds? Sure. Must have been scary for the
guy behind you.

I once had two 1.5L bottles of Polish sparkling mineral water fly off the
back of my m/c at 50mph on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. I had the pleasure
of watching them explode on the roadway and the look of horror on the
driver behind me. Needless to say, I got a "bungee net" the next day...


I've been hating my old plastic Specialized cages from the eighties, but
now they're starting to look good. :P