God help you if you hit a deer while on a bike. As for other road debris, if you don't have time to stop or safely avoid an object, don't do anything...no brake, no countersteer...as you will be down before you know it. Hang on and ride over it. I'm talking about a 2x4 pipe, dog, duck sized objects. I once drove over a 4x4 piece of wood, about 6 feet long..was at night and there was nothing else to do. Hit hard, bike went up and over and I hung on to the bars...pulled over and parked...(checked shorts)...suprisingly no damage. A friend rode into a diesel spill and the bike tried to swap ends. He didn't brake or try to steer and rode out of it. He is a retired motor officer and I think instinct and experience saved his butt. The training I have gone thru has you ride over objects (on their bikes) like 2x4's. [smiley=nixweiss.gif]