Hopefully listmeister Dale can appreciate the following.
This fine picture is an excellent example of what we see in bicycle retail. <G>
Someone like Pierre using his bike in a rather unorthodox fashion, then experiencing a problem with rims, spokes, axles, frame or fork bending or breakage.
And the typical comment we hear 99 out of 100 times : "but I was just riding along . . ."
I've dealt with more than a few "pierres" pulling the JRA in my time,
Mike Fabian
San Francisco