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@youramericanlover
Had a pretty great/terrifying oh shit! moment a few weeks back. Doing laps of Regents Park, getting used to my geared bike and spending time in the drops. A little bit clogged up going through a traffic light after the mosque and I'm a touch too hard on the right hand brake - WHOOSH up goes my rear wheel at least level with my head and OH SHIT! so I panic feather my brakes again (instead of just using the left hand brake) and WHOOSH my rear wheel stay up in the air even longer - and then again! By then other cyclist behind me are audibly whooping and whoa-ing as I'm right behind a moving car and some parked cars and going "Oh fuck!" and I've travelled about 20 feet like this. I managed to keep it all together and eventually my rear wheel finally touches down. I got a 'fair play for keeping it together' but it was terrible riding. I was like this guy but dangerously out of control. Just because someone can ride at 19mph doesn't mean you should jump on their wheel people
BTW The reason I keep saying left and right brake is that in the US (hence the shit username) the front and rear brake are installed to the opposite hands. Every once and a while I get caught out. Fuck you America! What the fuck!