You might hit the deck. I did. I’m okay, not hurt beyond a sore elbow and a skinned knuckle. Even the bike is fine. Unfortunately, my Apple Watch did not escape.
But not to dwell too much on that: it was a nice day for a ride. We had about 26 people (!!) out for the ride. It was a mix of gravel bikes and road bikes. I elected to go with the group that wanted a path ride rather than trails. We went up and over Nose Hill and back down along Nose Creek to the zoo.
It was the underpasses along the Nose Creek path that were my undoing. It was up to about eight degrees, but on the north side of each underpass where the path was shadowed, there was frost. It wasn’t particularly slippery but we took it carefully. Unfortunately the last underpass wasn’t just frost: it was black ice. Colette was ahead of me and I saw her go down. I hit my brakes but I was already on the ice and did a slow-motion fall and slide.
Would rather not have fallen, but I got away pretty okay. Nothing that Advil can’t fix. I was thinking about upgrading my Apple Watch… ⌚️
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Rob, who was on the ride with me, took this picture not long after the crash.
Better your watch than your body parts