I guess I have had more close calls than I originally posted.......
I used to race road bikes. I lived in a hilly area of southwestern Wisconsin, where there were 1 and a half mile climbs up bluffs. Of course, on the descent we would hit close to 60 mph........
We got a sudden squall during a ride, the rain was horizontal. We started on a descent, and I watched in fascination as the front wheel of my road bike started slowing down, slower and slower, then nearly stopped. I checked my cyclometer and it measured 4 mph, although we were hurtling downward at probably 45 mph.
I got to the bottom shaking, and pulled over. My riding partner pulled up next to me and we found shelter in a bus stop. His only comment?
"That must have been your first experience with hydroplaning. I'm glad you didn't hit the brakes, you would have wiped out for sure". Nice, I had a 200 foot drop on one side, and a guardrail hugging solid rock on the other.......
That slowed down my biking for a few days........