Rather then put on my clipless pedals and front brake on the fixed gear bike i finished building 2 hrs ago, I decided to take it for a quick spin, and pick up breakfast at the local joint.

On my way back, I was cut off by a full size Toyota truck, who promptly slammed on his breaks to make his turn. This left me with less then 20 feet to go from 18mph to Zero. Had i installed my front break, or put my clipless pedals on the bike, I wouldn't have had a problem. But stopping a fixie with platform pedals only is just about impossible with that short of a distance!

I ended up hitting the guys bumper as i tried to go around without jumping infront of oncoming traffic. I would guess my speed was under 3mph at the point of impact, but just enough to send me on my hands and knees. The fall broke my seat clamp, everything else, including myself came out just fine.

Guess I'll go put a front brake on the bike, riding in traffic brakeless is just stupid, or so I am told...