Jan. 28th, 2015

Ouch

Jan. 28th, 2015 10:41 am
jbanana: Badly drawn banana (Default)
This morning, cycling down hill, in the rain, turning right, and seeing unexpected traffic coming towards me, I braked hard. Ambition was greater than adhesion. My back wheel locked and slid to the left. I tried to correct, teetered for a bit, then fell to the right. I landed on my right hip and broke my back light.

A sensible person could have
  • taken more care at junctions
  • noticed that it had started raining
  • made allowances for oncoming traffic
  • released the back brake
  • bailed out of the turn and carried on down the hill, making braking unnecessary
  • been in a better mood and less of a hurry
Ho hum. At least I didn't break the laptop I had on my back.

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