-=> Quoting Richard Glazer to Ken Peck <=-
 RG> A wheel becoming untrue or breaking a spoke when hitting a road
 RG> hazard is much better than bending a frame and that I have seen happen.
 RG> My friend hit a park car. The wheel was intack and true, it was the
 RG> frame that received all of the jolt. More expensive to repair.
Well, by "road hazard" I really had pot holes and rocks in mind.
Running into parked cars seems to be a fairly common bicycle accident.  It
can be pretty damaging to both the cyclist and the bike.  One of the more
common effects is to "straighten out" the fork.
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