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Originally Posted by inferno.reaper
Noble Ox, I think I saw you today, did you ride past the dental practice on widney road near bently heath/ knowle and saw someone frantically waving?? I got quite excited, never seen anyone off the org  |
Yes mate! Live on Moorfield avenue, Just off Widney Road.
Saying that, you were lucky to see me... - I had the most bizarre ride today
Riding toward Warwick on the Warwick Road and a very large tree fell in front of me and the car infront! I stopped 2 feet from the tree after squeezing through the gap between an emergency braking car and the kirb; whilst I tried to scrub off around 60-70mph! Brand new BMW's stop extremely fast I can tell you! So easily could have rear ended it.
Can't believe how much I thought about it in the short amount of time, glad I didn't panic! I began to emergency brake hard on the front but decided I wouldn't be able to stop before the back of the car. Came off the front a fair bit in order to help me steer into the seemingly miniature gap.
I'm not sure whether this was correct thing to do anyone? But luckily everything's fine. The back did lock up which I know isn't great. Was coming off the front the best thing to do in this situation? (Faster stopping car in front, steering to avoid it?) or should I have stuck hard with the front brake and just hoped it stopped? Did coming off even help me steer or could I have steered just as well whilst braking the front hard?
Want to try and learn from this. Might make a thread?
Aran