Emergency Stop!
This may be a basic skill, but it needs to be covered, and practiced over and over again on the bike. From the American Bicycle lab and commutebybike.com is a great article on how to perform a "Quick Stop" or Emergency Stop on the bicycle.
Back to the quick stop. If I recall, I think the LAB teaches cyclists to apply about three times more force to the front brake than the rear. Many cyclists, including myself, are able to maintain control even when the rear wheel leaves the ground. If you feel that happen, you relax the braking pressure a little to get that rear wheel back down. One of the reasons practice is important is so you don’t freak out and freeze up and lose control when this happens.
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