Today I rode to the Village to meet a friend. Along the way, I saw this:
A couple of posts ago, I wrote about the "New York Pretzel." Most of the time, it's a rear wheel that's so mangled. Sometimes one finds a front wheel in similar condition, and some unfortunate cyclists find new meaning in the term "wishbone stays."
But this is the first time I saw a rack so twisted. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm surprised that more racks aren't even more wrecked. After all, a rack is usually not as strong as a wheel. If yours is, Goddess help you!
Speaking of things the Goddess helped, check out what I saw in front of the former United States Appraiser Store: