Canyon Cages saves another

[Caffeinated]

Crappy commute home yesterday...ended up rear ending a car that had stopped at a crosswalk coming off a very busy bridge in DC. The ABS did their job, and I ended up running the front fender into the lower plastic of their fender...tore up my fender, and then I dropped the bike on the right side.  The Cages did their job, and make the bike much easier to pickup.

Anyone know where I can get another 2011 silver front fender for cheap?  doubt I can afford a brand new one!

MCE need to make a cage from the front end...could have pushed the car out the way....

[Gumby]

Bummer about the wreck, but chalk another one up for money WELL spent on the cages.

[Rhino]

No damage to the mirror?

[Conrad]

Sorry to hear about the crash. Were you following too close or not paying attention, maybe both?

[DGOLD]

However you look at it you got away cheap. Rear ending someone in traffic is a big hit to the ego though!

[Caffeinated]

Yea, money well spent indeed. I was going to take off the rear guards, since i usually don't ride with the bags on. Good thing i'm lazy and procrastinate!

No damage to the mirror... The Cages did their job, and the bike did not roll. Damage to the ego is another thing. I was probably following too closely, but this area where it happened is dangerous to begin with, with traffic coming off a circle, and it was dark out with lots of traffic.

Any recommendations on what to do with the marks on the cages? Light sanding and some good paint? Don't want them to rust!

[Gumby]

Any recommendations on what to do with the marks on the cages? Light sanding and some good paint? Don't want them to rust!

Sharpie, and don't stop with the cages color the whole bike...

Sorry, couldn't help myself. 

[Caffeinated]

Sharpie, and don't stop with the cages color the whole bike... ;D

Sorry, couldn't help myself.  :-[

Why would I want to make the bike slower? :-)

[Conrad]

Why would I want to make the bike slower? :-)

Um, see the first post.   

[danl]

sorry about your wreck, but those cages definitely work. With mine, I lightly sanded the scrapes and then shot some flat black rattle can on them, holding a piece of cardboard right behind to catch the overspray.

[Rhino]

To Ryan from MC Enterprises if he's monitoring, great job on a great product!

[Rhino]

Caffeinated, so sorry about your crash and happy your not hurt. But thanks for the real world testing on this product.

[Necron99]

If I ever go down and scratch up my bars, I'm going to use some of the high friction bed liner spray to create a new cover on the contact patch.

Um, see the first post.   

I don't care who you are, that there is funny!    Well played, Conrad.

[Caffeinated]

Um, see the first post.   

Touche.... 

[Caffeinated]

To Ryan from MC Enterprises if he's monitoring, great job on a great product!

Yes! shout out to Ryan and MCE great product and well worth it....

I was thinking, there would be no damage to the bars if I had wrapped those parts of the bar with some kind of heavy tape...maybe black heat tape?

[Conrad]

Yes! shout out to Ryan and MCE great product and well worth it....

I was thinking, there would be no damage to the bars if I had wrapped those parts of the bar with some kind of heavy tape...maybe black heat tape?

Maybe some of that spray on bedliner stuff? You could use some of that now to cover up the damage perhaps?

[ZG]

Um, see the first post.   

 

[Caffeinated]

Maybe some of that spray on bedliner stuff? You could use some of that now to cover up the damage perhaps?

Yea, I'll have to try that stuff and see how it works/looks.

[gPink]

If you are planning on doing this again you could try these:

[maxtog]

sorry about your wreck, but those cages definitely work. With mine, I lightly sanded the scrapes and then shot some flat black rattle can on them, holding a piece of cardboard right behind to catch the overspray.

That is assuming they are black (which is not a horrible assumption, since probably 98% of them are).... When they are chrome, like mine, you are screwed (yep, it was a mistake, should have gone for painted).  I guess if it happens to me, the silver steel would be a close match to the chrome and I would just coat it in something clear at that spot to prevent rust, or maybe some chrome-like touchup paint.  :/