Originally Posted by Welshboy

First week of the New Year is over and I rode to and from work on all four days of my working week. Got wet just the once but I came off second best with my first encounter with black ice! It was 3°C with wet roads when I left the house but within two miles I was on the deck, quite literally as it was on a footbridge. It was a heavy fall but just two bruises and a small cut on my right palm. I've only been using the footbridge to avoid a busy roundabout but will give it a miss in similar temperatures as it's never been salted.