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I've had quite a few "oh shit" moments - the two worst ones were firstly, on my first track bike four years ago (a two hundred odd pound globe roll from evanscycles) I decided it would be a brilliant idea to take the brakes off it - not realising just how cheap the back wheel was. Bombing down the main road in kingston heading towards the round-about i attempted a skid as i approached the round about and shredded the threading on the rear hub - so essentially i was riding a single speed, with no brakes, going 20 odd towards a busy main road roundabout, luckily i managed to almost throw my self off the bike and bring it too a stop, but that was a oh shit moment. second was a couple years ago - pissing down with rain on richmond road, bombing it again attempting to catch up with my mate and get to the pub to get out the rain. a women pulled out of a side road and went to go into the opposite side of the road, as she pulled out i started moving behind her to get past and at the last minute she decided to let the other lane of traffic past and started to reverse..as i was going behind her...a metre away from the rear of her car, i saw the car reversing and i couldn't stop myself in time as i rocketed towards it last thing i remember was saying "shit shit shit shit." and then waking up on the pavement a little while later.