So I finally had the experience of throwing my chain. This is rather poignant because I was gunning down Connecticut Ave in DC while a metrobus was following closely behind.

Everything my LBS salesguy warned me about went flashing through my head. Particularly the part about a messer friend of his who had to lay his bike down. Luckily that wasn't the case with me and all I did was skid a bit.

Anything I can do to prevent this? Are chain tugs the solution? Should I up my gearing a bit? I am running 40x16 which leads me to spin out a lot.