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Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Turbo for recovery !
Often wondered why the club runs set out earlyish in winter. Surely lunchtime is reasonable to take account of black ice?
Anyway, a speedy recovery is wished. All the best.
Sounds like you've come to some good conclusions there, although I'd just as soon find out what the road conditions are like solo before riding in a group - and if it's cold tat extra hour wouldn't make much difference. I went a real pearler late January last year at about 11am, all roads dry and ice-free up till then.So what mistakes did I make? Well should not have gone out early in the morning when there was a possibility of ice around, should have taken my bike in the car to the meeting point as the club ride does not start until 10am, by then any ice would have gone. I should not have continued riding after the fall as, I assume, the adrenaline from the fall suppressed the pain. Should have stopped during the club run when the pain was getting worse and either called an ambulance or got my better half to fetch me rather than trying to play the hero.
Cheers for that.I guess its the fact that it gets dark early , on Tuesday our club run left the met point at 9.15 am and i got home at 3 pm , yesterday the same start time and i got home at 12.20 pm .If we started in the afternoon it could be dark and icy .