My highest speed crash happened around 25 mph. At that time, I had one of those cheap bikes. I was going around 34mph when I was about to slow down because of a sharp curve on the road. When I slowed down to about 25mph both of my brake cables snapped at the brake lever area! For a split second, I was saying, "Sxxt!" Then I decided to ride directly (perpendicular) into the fence around the curve, because there's no way I could do a 120 degree curve at that speed. The good news was that the metal fence wasn't permanently mounted yet (was using big concrete anchors). Even then, the fence flew about 15~20 feet away after I smacked into it. I think most of the force was taken by the front wheel/fork. My hands were a bit scratched up and had bleeding under a couple of finger nails (I instinctively held my hands up in front of my face to protect my face/head). A bunch of other cyclists stopped to ask if I was okay. Some saw the whole event and look amazed that I wasn't hurt pretty bad. The 6-month old bike was totaled, but better it than I...