By the sound of it the only thing you did wrong was to feed the bike a series of strange commands that made it try to go forwards, backwards & sideways all at the same time.

I have ridden a series of '70's & '80's steel-framed bikes that would pull the old twangy rubber-frame ass-twitcher in most corners where you were going Too Fast - it was simply a reminder that you were taking the piss & to slow down before you hurt yerself.

That end result of that first few seconds where you are aware that a car/bicycle/future roadkill is heading straight for you depends on your reaction times, and your natural reaction to such a situation?

Brake?

Turn?

Turn the other way?

Slur a Polish-sounding swearword wide-eyed whilst trying to decide between the hedge or on-coming traffic?

Fate will decide if you have made the right choice. DONT ride beyond your own capabilities or you will get found out! One day that corner you know so well will have gravel,diesel, tree branches or an animal sat in the middle of it? The roads are far from predictable & given the tragically poor standard of todays road users we do well to keep ourselves alive.

Whatever you did - it was the right thing and nobody got hurt! Your bike may have tried to stick its head up its own ass but who can blame it?


Ride safe. 8-)