Have2BeFree
It's My Bike!
I went for a long ride with a two friends on Saturday. I was the middle rider and we were riding staggered. We entered a traffic rotary and we were in the left lane - right lane exited but you could either exit or take the left lane around. SUV in the right lane "appeared" to be exiting as he was supposed to when he changed his mind and came into my lane (I was in the left lane also exiting). I had a feeling about it and had started to slow down. I couldn't swerve because of the rider on my left and only slightly behind (and had no time to check my mirror). I grabbed a fistful of front brake and applied back brake as well; stopped on a dime just inches (literally) from getting creamed by the SUV. Lesson learned......stay in right lane (though I didn't know we were exiting); stay back or ahead of traffic in right lane or take the left lane around and get in the right lane before exiting. Though I'm grateful to have been able to stop (and proud that I didn't stall it, go into a skid ,or drop the bike since I can't fully reach the ground) it was still very scary and also frightening to be stopped in the middle of a rotary in third gear trying to shift down (while shaking) so I could get moving while I was praying that nothing hit me from behind. I don't want to do THAT again.