For those new to riding …you will drop a water bottle or something else.  DON’T slam on the brakes to stop and get what ever it is.  Look around and move to the right.  Yell out that you’re slowing and going right.  Saw a person at Chicago’s L.A.T.E ride this weekend hit the brakes hard when their water bottle was knock lose due to a pot hole.  No one crashed but people just missed the fool. That ride had approx 9000 people for a 25 mile ride starting at 1am Sunday morning.  It was a mass start in 4 waves.  Wow! talk about close riding.