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

[runner]

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.

hard to get it exactly right in those few seconds potentially heading for disaster

 

[runner]

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?

I never had time to look Bimble..all over in the blink of an eye...

 

[runner]

Skill in staying upright.

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

point take Colin but travelling back on the same route this afternoon there were no signs of potential slippery sections....However speed and not paying total attention prob had a lot to play in the incident....

 

[runner]

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

point taken

 

[runner]

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

indeed lucky escape...i'll go a little easier tomorrow

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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

Are you saving your front brake for more urgent emergencies?

 

[Bimble]

indeed lucky escape...i'll go a little easier tomorrow

Now there's an honest and refreshing admission ...

 

[ColinJ]

point take Colin but travelling back on the same route this afternoon there were no signs of potential slippery sections....However speed and not paying total attention prob had a lot to play in the incident....

I once led a forum ride down a short stretch of grassy path to a bridge over the river Wharfe. I was too busy nattering to other riders to notice that my front wheel was in a patch of mud when I braked. So, as I was picking myself up from the ground, I ...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

However speed and not paying total attention prob had a lot to play in the incident....

HOW DARE YOU!!!!! Go sit in the corner, never (repeat) never on this forum accept that you may have done something wrong, always defend to the hilt that every cyclist is perfect in everything they do whilst riding their bike, you should hang your head in shame admitting you may have been a contributing factor.

 

[PaulSecteur]

I have had a few moments like that when im sure that its only skills i learned on my Raleigh Striker that subconsciously come to the surface that save me.

And sometimes they dont.

 

[runner]

I have had a few moments like that when im sure that its only skills i learned on my Raleigh Striker that subconsciously come to the surface that save me.

And sometimes they dont.

no time to show fear...as it's all over in the blink of an eye!