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@Mettie
Epic skid stop fail on my way to work this morning.
I'm bombing down Parkway towards Camden Town tube station when the lights at the Arlington Rd intersection suddenly turn amber. No problem, I think, it's an opportunity to execute a stylish skid stop. So it's skid-pedal-skid then KRRRRRR my chain comes off. Leaving me to running like Fred Flintstone to pull up before the lights.
Strange, cos I tightened my chain a couple of days ago. But at least the White Van Man behind me got a laugh out of it.