I was cycling home from work this morning, enjoying getting drowned in the seemingly never ending rain, when I noted a bit of debris in the road (looked like a shattered plastic pipe of the sort used in plumbing). With that I swerved to avoid it, just as my back wheel was turning over a drain cover. Not the sort with the slats by the side of the road, one of those round ones with square studs on. Needless to say the combination of Rain and metal was too much for my poor back tyre and I could feel, almost as if in slow motion, the back end of the bike coming away from me.
Fortunately a split second later, the back wheel was back over tarmac and I just managed to regain control in time
Be careful out there peoples.
Fortunately a split second later, the back wheel was back over tarmac and I just managed to regain control in time
Be careful out there peoples.