Quich heads up regarding corrosion

Quick heads up regarding corrosion
This afternoon while walking, pushing my bike, on a side road along side the A69 dual carriageway at Hexham, Northumberland I saw a cyclist lying at the side of the eastbound carriageway, I immediately thought he was dead as he was not moving, I dumped my bike and climbed over the fence and went to him, he was unconcious, with severe facial injuries, bleeding from his mouth. he was breathing OK, ambulance phoned for, then a couple of other people turned up, including this old fellas son. I saw his bike lying also at the side of road was an old Pinarello and the forks had snapped at the steerer join area, I had a good look at the break and there was not a lot of metal where it had snapped, very little bright area where a break would have been as if corrosion had been in there for a while. --- So the point of this post is to make people aware that there is not a lot of metal in the steerer and if its corroded its strength is seriously compromised, its your face on the tarmac, so I urge you to check your steerer for rust in older bikes. ---- Oh by the way as an after thought the traffic flow on the road at the time was brisk and no bugger stopped for someone unconcious on the carriageway.

good work, someone will thank you for that

was expecting:

Thanks for the tip, made me paranoid though =D

Good work and thanks for the tip.

Heal up Pinarello man.