Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
So let's just imagine that I had _not_ been lucky on Saturday, and had flatted going downhill at 40mph. What happens? Is it likely to cause a crash? Come to think of it, all the people with flats I saw were safely on the side of the road, and hadn't appeared to have crashed. Has this happened to anyone here? What is it like?
Hasn't happened to me over ~25 mph. Was riding w/ traffic one afternoon and had the front tire go. What a weird squishy/squiggly/squirrley nearly useless thing it becomes. I remember thinking how thankful I was that I wasn't blazing downhill. I just kept it pointed straight ahead using my weight to shift to the side of the road where i could turn and do the change.