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MrAtom · January 18th, 2020, 12:13 PM

When riding my bicycle, I see these things on the road all the time. I do occasionally see one or two when riding my motorbike as well. In fact, I see enough of them to assume that wheel-weights falling off of a wheel is probably a fairly common occurrence. I can only imagine that it would probably hurt to get clobbered by one of these, and it might be actually deadly on the freeway (imagine getting hit in the neck, or getting hit in the center of your chest. Might be enough to cause an abnormal rhythm/heart attack?) I seem to remember @csmith12 saying he tapes his down on his track bikes, and I have always done that myself on my streetbike since reading that years ago.

That said, I've never heard of a rider getting injured by one of these, and have never heard of them hitting cars, cracking windshields, etc, which makes me think my concerns might be entirely hypothetical. Does anyone here have any experience or insight on the matter?

January 18th, 2020, 12:13 PM	#1
MrAtom . Name: . Location: . Join Date: Aug 2014 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot. MOTM - July '15	Have you ever been hit with a wheel-weight while riding? When riding my bicycle, I see these things on the road all the time. I do occasionally see one or two when riding my motorbike as well. In fact, I see enough of them to assume that wheel-weights falling off of a wheel is probably a fairly common occurrence. I can only imagine that it would probably hurt to get clobbered by one of these, and it might be actually deadly on the freeway (imagine getting hit in the neck, or getting hit in the center of your chest. Might be enough to cause an abnormal rhythm/heart attack?) I seem to remember @csmith12 saying he tapes his down on his track bikes, and I have always done that myself on my streetbike since reading that years ago. That said, I've never heard of a rider getting injured by one of these, and have never heard of them hitting cars, cracking windshields, etc, which makes me think my concerns might be entirely hypothetical. Does anyone here have any experience or insight on the matter?