Bloomin' 'eck - fell off!

I haven't fallen off two wheels since I lost it on the Lambretta in 1969!
This morning I hit a patch of ice on a bend approaching work. Both wheels
went at once and I hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. However, I
bounced better than I thought I would at my advanced age and ended up with
only bruised ribs, hip and hand so I'm quite chuffed.
All credit to the following motorist who stopped to see if I was alright.
Has it put me off? Nope, but I'll now be more cautious on frosty mornings.


Steve

wrote:
I haven't fallen off two wheels since I lost it on the Lambretta in 1969!
This morning I hit a patch of ice on a bend approaching work. Both wheels
went at once and I hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. However, I
bounced better than I thought I would at my advanced age and ended up with
only bruised ribs, hip and hand so I'm quite chuffed.
All credit to the following motorist who stopped to see if I was alright.
Has it put me off? Nope, but I'll now be more cautious on frosty mornings.


It was tricky this morning. I realised when I tried to pull onto the
road and the back wheel spun instead of propelling that it was icy. I
quickly decided to use the pavement/cyclepath despite what I think of
them because there were quite a few cars travelling quite fast on quite
an icy road and I couldn't rely on them stopping if I did fall off. At
least the path was fresh frost and frozen crap that made a more grippy
surface than the polished ice road. Even so the rear end tried to get
away from me several times although I managed not to fall off.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:13:47 GMT, wrote:

I haven't fallen off two wheels since I lost it on the Lambretta in 1969!
This morning I hit a patch of ice on a bend approaching work. Both wheels
went at once and I hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. However, I
bounced better than I thought I would at my advanced age and ended up with
only bruised ribs, hip and hand so I'm quite chuffed.
All credit to the following motorist who stopped to see if I was alright.
Has it put me off? Nope, but I'll now be more cautious on frosty mornings.


Steve

It's a once-a-year thing with me.

I continue riding in winter with the same carefree attitude
that suffices in summer until I have my annual tumble due
to frost and/or ice. Usually in front of several witnesses.

Who knows? Today could be the day!

wrote:
I haven't fallen off two wheels since I lost it on the Lambretta in 1969!

Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces, riding up in front of a
hundred faces?
I don't suppose you would remember me, but I used to follow you back in
sixty three.

Ah no, that was Sting.

Has it put me off? Nope, but I'll now be more cautious on frosty mornings.

Your dead right, but those Nokian stud tyres start to look attractive
at this point. I'd buy them and hang the expense, but I'd be too lazy
to change tyres of an icy morning, and with Rohloff/SON hubs, a second
set of ready-to-go wheels would'nt be exactly cheap.

sothach wrote:

Your dead right, but those Nokian stud tyres start to look attractive
at this point. I'd buy them and hang the expense, but I'd be too lazy
to change tyres of an icy morning, and with Rohloff/SON hubs, a second
set of ready-to-go wheels would'nt be exactly cheap.

They also sound like a dog which needs its nails clipping walking
across a marble floor.
It was frosty here today, but the roads are clear of ice so no problem.

...d

David Martin wrote:
They also sound like a dog which needs its nails clipping walking
across a marble floor.

Noisier the better!

It was frosty here today, but the roads are clear of ice so no problem.

Yeah, the roads are generally clear unless you're out mad early, and
often the salt gets accidently thrown on to the cycle path, too. But
my route has a hill in a park that at the moment is covered in wet
leaves that, when frozen, makes for a very challenging stage - I've had
a couple of spills there, much to the amusement of my passengers ('do
that again dad!')

sothach wrote:

Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces, riding up in front of a
hundred faces?
I don't suppose you would remember me, but I used to follow you back in
sixty three.

Ah no, that was Sting.


Who?

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Tony Raven wrote:
sothach wrote:


Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces, riding up in front of a
hundred faces?
I don't suppose you would remember me, but I used to follow you back in
sixty three.

Ah no, that was Sting.

Who?

Formerly a singer with a popular Beat Combo, sometime actor[1] and once
in a role involving motor scooters in a script scored by a different
popular Beat Combo...

Pete.

[1] well, he got given roles in dramatic productions
--
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In article , Tony Raven (junk@raven-
family.com) wrote:
sothach wrote:

Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces, riding up in front of a
hundred faces?
I don't suppose you would remember me, but I used to follow you back in
sixty three.

Ah no, that was Sting.


Who?

Mr Gordon Sumner, a former schoolteacher and professional Saviour of
Rain Forests. Believed to be a part-time musician and thesp. Not quite
as annoying as Bonio, but pretty close.

--
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
Here, take these cheese-shaped stilts. You'll know when to use them.

Tony Raven wrote:
sothach wrote:

Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces, riding up in front of a
hundred faces?
I don't suppose you would remember me, but I used to follow you back in
sixty three.

Ah no, that was Sting.


Who?

...and Tony wins today pop-trivia-obscure-reference prize. Sting plays
"The Face" (the Lamberetta-riding head Mod) in the movie of The Who's
"Quadrophenia", from which the lines above are taken.
What's all this to do with bikes? Very little, but Lamberetta have two
wheels and couldn't speed if they wanted to, speed cameras or no.