I get the feeling I would have held it together on a mountain bike, but yes, take your point, it may have dumped me quicker. I was engaged in a long and wide arc, turning to the left, something I didn't have to do; so I kind of swept into the area, bearing left, almost doing three quarters of a circle to end up at a covered bus stop. The stupid thing is that I could have simply riden up to it and stopped. Thanks for the advice.