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I like Skol

I like Skol

A Minging Manc...
Location
Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Must have been a bit tired on my way home tonight after today's 12hr shift. Got to the first mini-roundabout after leaving work and decided to have a little lie down.
Well, not quite as elegant and relaxing as it sounds. I must apologise to anyone that heard my exclamation of FFS! as I slid across the tarmac, watching my bike racing ahead of me. No real harm done except for a wrecked pair of pants and a few knocks and scrapes to the bike.
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Anyway, journey completed with no further mistakes and brake levers to be straightened later.
 
DCBassman

DCBassman

Guru
Location
The lumpy far South West
I like Skol said:
Must have been a bit tired on my way home tonight after today's 12hr shift. Got to the first mini-roundabout after leaving work and decided to have a little lie down.
Well, not quite as elegant and relaxing as it sounds. I must apologise to anyone that heard my exclamation of FFS! as I slid across the tarmac, watching my bike racing ahead of me. No real harm done except for a wrecked pair of pants and a few knocks and scrapes to the bike.
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Anyway, journey completed with no further mistakes and brake levers to be straightened later.
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Ouch! Heal quickly!
 
ianrauk

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
I like Skol said:
Must have been a bit tired on my way home tonight after today's 12hr shift. Got to the first mini-roundabout after leaving work and decided to have a little lie down.
Well, not quite as elegant and relaxing as it sounds. I must apologise to anyone that heard my exclamation of FFS! as I slid across the tarmac, watching my bike racing ahead of me. No real harm done except for a wrecked pair of pants and a few knocks and scrapes to the bike.
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Anyway, journey completed with no further mistakes and brake levers to be straightened later.
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Ouch. Not nice.
What was the cause? Too quick? ice? Diesel?
 
ianrauk

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
I like Skol said:
Not ice for sure and I don't think it was oil. The gritters had been out over the weekend so I think it was salt residue which can be slippy as hell. I just wasn't expecting it this early in the season... Lesson learned.
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what ever it was Skolly, glad to see/hear you're not too beaten up.
 
Arjimlad

Arjimlad

Tights of Cydonia
Location
South Glos
Took it steady this morning on the mucky roads. I was saddened to find a very large ginger cat squashed in the middle of the road, which I laid on the verge. I was running short on time to conduct door-to-door enquiries as to its owner though:sad:.
 
Mike_P

Mike_P

Guru
Location
Harrogate
Ouch, for some unexplained reason, leaf pulp?, the bike toppled over on the way home coming out of a bend and l less than gracefully cushioned partly its impact with the surface:sad: Despite being cushioned by shirt, jumper and thick coat (the joys of having an ebike) still managed to de-skin a bit of my right arm.
 
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