{"id":743,"date":"2015-01-17T10:15:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T10:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.180.154\/~andrewdo\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:31:10","slug":"ice-and-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2015\/01\/17\/ice-and-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice and snow"},"content":{"rendered":"
A few years ago on a very cold morning I went for a pootle on my old mountain bike. Halfway around my route I strayed too close to where the road asphalt met the grass, hit a patch of ice and went down hard onto the floor. It all happened in a split second and was scary because I ended up in the middle of the road. I was so grateful that there were no cars around.<\/p>\n

Along with a few cuts and a bang to my helmet I did something<\/em> to my backside\u2014it never showed any signs of bruising but hurt on the right cheek for about six months.<\/p>\n

Since then I’ve decided that going out in freezing conditions is not worth the risk. I don’t mind the cold\u2014you soon warm up when you’re moving\u2014but I don’t want to risk a broken bone or something worse.<\/p>\n

The pic below shows that riding is out of the picture today so more turbo sessions await me.<\/p>\n

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