I had an incident today! I was riding to visit my fiancee when traffic on the freeway started to get congested. I decided to get to the next exit to go straight to the next freeway when the truck in front of me hit the brakes. That wouldn't have been a big deal if I hadn't just turned my head around for a lane change and wasn't looking ahead. Since I only have about 1000 miles under my belt i grabbed the front brake hard without any rear brake. Fortunately I was able to stop with 2 feet to spare but I'm quite certain I got my rear tire in the air just a few inches if anything. That was a scary experience.
Lesson of the day for me was even if traffic is starting to slow down give yourself plenty of distance still...
Lesson of the day for me was even if traffic is starting to slow down give yourself plenty of distance still...