Riding along today in the curb lane and the center lane is pretty slow/congested. When I had to change into the center lane due to construction blocking the curb lane, I made sure to let the impatient looking car get ahead and then negotiate my entry with the driver behind him. No sense battling the crazies for space. Anyway later I'm back in the curb lane (generally impractical for anyone to drive in with occasional parked cars and other obstacles) and I see impatient guy trying to pull out of the line into the same space I'm going for.

I go to hit the brakes and the bell at the same time, and somehow instead I manage to push both thumb shifters, shifting me into the granny gear and a small cog (not a great combination). Fortunately dude was not continuing with his cutting me off plan.

What are some of your duh moments - I'm sure there are some good stories here, probably involving falling over