A lucky escape

I was out riding on my road bike the other day. It's an Orbea bike - a replica of those used by the Euskaltel Euskadi team from the Basque country - so it's pretty good quality. However, close to the end of a 80km ride on Saturday one side of the handle bars sheered off completely just as I was pulling away from the lights. Unfortunately it went through the front fork and buckled the wheel, but luckily I managed to stay on and not fall off (I was in traffic). A very lucky escape! It had felt as though that side of the handlebars had 'gone soft' for about an hour, so I guess the lesson I learned is that if it feels like there's something wrong, there probably is!