While making a right turn with my six year old stoker I had the front wheel skid out on some loose gravel. Had just slowed to about 6-7 mph for the turn when I saw the loose stones in my path. Not sure how but somehow yanked my foot out of the pedal and held the bike upright. I still remember the akward steering feel of sliding straight when turning right. We would have gone down hard.

Also had a front flat on a panaracer tire but was going slow. The tire was a 32 and slid all over the place like I was on wet ice. Absolutely no steering and had to mostly kust balance my weight to compensate for the bike movement without falling. Again we stayed up somehow. Must have been the desperation.

I an thankful we were going slow both times and was able to stay upright. I dread to think what would have been the outcome if we were going much faster.

Both near falls were on our old Raleigh tandem and now we have a Comotion which has FAR superior feel and handling which I believe now gives a little more margin to handle things like that. There really is a difference in the feel of a cheap and an expensive bike.