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@dooks
took a tumble this morning probably as a direct karmic result of being unnecessarily grouchy upthread. ah well.
set off from my house this morning with the sun shining, frost on cars but the air temperature seeming much warmer than it had recently. the road was damp but not icy. I know that because I checked it and thought “hmmm, not icy this morning, that’s good”. left the gate and gingerly rolled 20m to the crossroads sort of feeling out the grip levels, clipping in and generally adjusting knackers etc. crossed the road, still in the saddle, just started to dig in a bit and blam lying on my back in the middle of the road. picked myself up after a brief moment of shock and discovered that the surface was so slippery with black ice I could barely stand. I couldn’t even get my bike upright as every time I tried to pick it up the wheels slipped away from me. it was like trying to get on a bike on a polished lake of frozen oil. very weird
no serious damage done. just ripped bartape, torn jeans and an impressive bruise on my thigh. oh and the worried girlfriend having witnessed the stack and scraped me out of the road starting up the “get a helmet” thing with renewed vigour