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@CrazyJames
My bike doesn't have a weight problem, its about 3 times the weight of these fancypants lightweight NJS Jobbies you guys are rocking, I mean I hit a fucking van and barely knocked my wheel out of true, with no other damage haha!
Anyway on a more serious note.....
To the OP ride brakeless BMX for a while to get some practice in, but basically you have to do a footjam skid sharpish and get yourself out of the way of cars, i've had this happen twice (and I ride brakless™), once because I had an exceptionally worn chain that had suffered a whole winter of commuting through shit and crap without being cleaned etc, my own fault should have cleaned it/changed it, basically a load of heavily worn rollers disintegrated below me causing it to snap, and on the other occasion I bought a piece of shit chain that is known to break when riding fixed
(again my own fuck up).
Both times I reacted the second I heard the noise got my weight over the back of the bike and jammed my foot into the rear wheel to initiate a skid, getting your weight over the back makes it harder for you to be thrown off as well if the chain happens to wrap around the spinning rear wheel/cog, both times I came to a stop safely in heavy traffic and avoided injury.
Above all, don't panic, focus, look for an escape route, think clearly, and there is a good chance you'll come away unscathed.