Its 5 degrees and no sign of any ice, what could possibly go wrong?

[AlanW]

Nothing we thought, however, a few miles later........................


View: https://youtu.be/garQCfR83Vg



View: https://youtu.be/sS9YlrbopQE

 

[DCLane]

Ouch! I varied my route today after seeing ice.

Hope all are OK and recover quickly.

 

[C R]

Ooof. Hope no one got seriously hurt.

 

[AlanW]

9 of us went down, the worst being a broken femur which was being operated on this afternoon apparently!

I got of relatively lightly, hole in left elbow on jacket and both base layers, decent graze on left elbow. The bike also only suffered minor damage, left hand shifter badly grazed, but some wet and dry and some Shimano paint should rectify that.

The guy with the broken femur, his bike is in a very bad way, frame damage and both wheels

 

[raleighnut]

Ouch, classic black ice conditions though almost freezing and the windchill is enough to freeze it on open (ish) roads.

 

[geocycle]

Sounds like you were very unlucky to find ice. Poor guy with a broken femur, that’s going to be a long recovery. Hope the rest of you heal quickly.

 

[AlanW]

Sounds like you were very unlucky to find ice. Poor guy with a broken femur, that’s going to be a long recovery. Hope the rest of you heal quickly.

We were indeed, but when we had all come off, it was pretty much impossible to stand or walk on the road it was that bad!!

30 minutes later, the sun had warmed up and the road was perfectly free from any ice at all!!!!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Nasty. Best wishes to all.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I hope the bikes are OK.

 

[Binky]

Blimey. Just goes to show you think all is good then WHAM!
Black ice is deadly. Many decades ago I wrote off my mother's car on black ice, lovely bright sunny day, cold but didn't think any problems. I was actually heading out to go surfing when came around a corner and found a car spinning in middle of road on ice. I couldn't stop or steer so smacked into it. No-one hurt but pretty scary.
Hope all cyclists ok. Broken femur not good.

 

[fossyant]

That's how I broke my hip socket and pelvis last January. No speed, under 10 mph going round a corner, and bam, straight onto my pelvis. No bike damage, no clothing damage. Even lost it on studded tyres - very 'slick/worn' road surface.

Hope the guy is OK as it's a long recovery.

 

[AlanW]

I hope the bikes are OK.

Unfortunately, a couple of bikes did sustain some pretty decent damage.

I just need to source some Shimano touch up paint for the left hand Ultegra R8100 shifter and five minutes with some wet and dry and I should be good to go again.

 

[AlanW]

Blimey. Just goes to show you think all is good then WHAM!
Black ice is deadly. Many decades ago I wrote off my mother's car on black ice, lovely bright sunny day, cold but didn't think any problems. I was actually heading out to go surfing when came around a corner and found a car spinning in middle of road on ice. I couldn't stop or steer so smacked into it. No-one hurt but pretty scary.
Hope all cyclists ok. Broken femur not good.

We were so lucky, as you can see from the rear facing video, a car was following us at the time we all hit the deck. But thankfully far enough behind us to stop.

When we all fell off, you could hear the wheels of that car sliding on the ice, it could have ended so differently!!

 

[Drago]

Beware of microclimates - a change in shade/colour = a change in grip.

Other than the poor fellows femur I hope nothing more serious than egos were injured.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

There’s air temperature and surface temps. Plus you always get cold spots in the countryside. A lot of water in the lanes from Thu heavy rain and the fog this morning. Take care and heal well.