Originally Posted by shabbis

So I am riding home from work today... Like everyday... Clipping along at a good pace... I slow down a little entering an intersection, head up, being careful... But...

The classic cager right turn and BOOM! I get cut off! I lock up the Avid BB7s, they stop on a dime... My left hood and hand slam into her mirror. Hand is swollen and bruised, hood is bent out of shape. But WOW! The Avids saved me from ending up going through her window and into her passenger seat.

My first accident in the two years of commuting almost everyday...