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@Jimmy_Fingers
Was sprinting to get through a sequence of 3 traffic light and some lad in a black hoodie just stepped out into the road and started crossing. Must have been a second but it played out in slowmotion, I waited for him to see me and stop, he just didn't even look to his right in the slightest. I shouted at him while simultaneously taking my hand off the 'drops' on the pursuit bars to get to the brake, which I applied causing a massive front wheel wobble. He stopped, I managed to stay up and gave him a loud 'for fuck's sake' as I sped off.
Cycled from Bristol Parkway to the centre, lovely sun, still finding out my best route. Second almost a cropper moment came when I took a ninety degree turn at the bottom of a slope on a cyclepath, carried a lot of speed through, hit some mud on the outside of the exit, another major front wheel wobble as it slipped but stayed out.
So far so good, but the annoying thing is after being degreased and regreased at the weekend, and enjoying the super silence of the bike, suddenly today there's a MAJOR constant creak coming from the drivetrain. Not happy