A narrow escape this morning...or just good riding!

[runner]

So there i am belting my way into Bristol City Centre this morning an a fast 9 miler and just as I am approaching the underpass near the end of the cycle track I see in the distance a rider approaching from the opposite end. Being a courteous rider I pull on the brake...back brake...big mistake..bike skids to left..I correct...skids to the right...I correct...skids to the left again..I correct...and finally skids right again..I correct!! The bike now on a straight line I'm upright and actually have a smile on my face...good technical control aka Peter Sagan....or just luck...you decide

 

[ianrauk]

Total luck on your part

 

[mjr]

Mix of the two?

 

[Jody]

I'm with @ianrauk with total luck but with a little bit of skill thrown in. If you ended up fishtailing the bike then you didn't correct but over corrected.

 

[Bimble]

Lucky! If it had been a hard pull on the front brake you'd have been stuffed.

There's always a nice sense of self-satisfaction though when you have some sort of "wobble" and manage, by luck or the gods, to stay on the bike and keep upright as you come to a stop.

Was the other cyclist impressed with your handling skills?

 

[MiK1138]

Skills

 

[mustang1]

Total skill.

 

[ColinJ]

Skill in staying upright.

Lack of skill in failing to notice that you were riding too fast for the slippery conditions!

 

[I like Skol]

Lack of skill in failing to notice that you were riding too fast for the slippery conditions!

This. Shite riding for getting into that situation in such a simple, predictable scenario.

 

[Drago]

Can't believe it, trying to take the credit for something that's clearly down to the bike

 

[mjr]

Can't believe it, trying to the credit for something that's clearly down to the bike

I think you're missing word.

 

[subaqua]

I think you're missing word.

No mine has no access or publisher

 

[RoubaixCube]

Should of done a wheelie and doffed your helmet in greeting and been like "wahey!!" Now that would of been an extremely classy save

 

[mjr]

No mine has no access or publisher

You don't want to know how many times I had to reread that before I got it - I stopped buying Microsoft shoot over two decades ago now

 

[ChrisEyles]

Blimey, sounds like a lucky escape to me! Glad you got away with it