Hi all!

Having just aquired myself a spanking new road/racing bike, and looking foward to the spring , attacking all the hills around my neck of the woods, doing 50 miler`s, with the odd (i hope) century thrown in.

It has been many years since i have road/owned a similar cycle.
In the interveening years of course cycle tyres have progressivley decreased in width , tyre pressures have become much higher, so! a thought rather perturbing me when i stare at the 21mm , 120 psi tyres on my new machine .
What happens? if i get, a say 25+mph blow out in the front wheel . Have any of you guys/gals experienced such a scenario , im sure you have , I fully expect there will be a loud crack as th`o someone has just fired a gun near you .
What i am unaware of is the reaction from the bike, is there a sudden loss of control of the bike , can it be dangerous!
the idea of being pitched off the bike in this situation, especially with lots of motorised traffic around seems quite scary or maybe I am just being a little paranoid about it.

regards Willi`c