Ouch

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.