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Just going flat out down a gentle hill in light rain and I notice the rear wheel start to drift. Then I'm full-on skidding, but I'm not touching the brakes and I have a freewheel. I hold it for a few seconds, but eventually hit the deck. This was a minute from leaving the house, and the computer says 27.4mph max, which is probably what I was doing.
No injuries though. Lucky. Guess I'd managed to slow down a lot.
Bungee cord had somehow got tangled in rear hub and yanked it to an elasticated-skid. D'oh.