So, I'm riding down my favorite road on my evening 15 mile ride. The road has a good surface, decent scenery, bike friendly neighbors and few if any cars when I notice the chrome-plastic plug on the left side of my handlebars is about halfway out. I'm doing about 20 mph and in my deep-happy-ride-zone so, I give the plug a good smack to pop it back in. OH CRAP!!! The next thing you know the bike is fish floundering all over the road and it takes me two to three seconds to realize that I'm the idiot that just about wrecked me and that I was not having total spontaneous frame failure.

So, please learn from my mistake. Do not apply large perpendicular forces to the ends of your handlebars as this may result in rapid destabilization of the vehicle and possible injury or death.

Feel free to post your own swift moves.