fell off bike today on black ice

dai rees

hi i went out for a 35 miler today 12 miles into it i hit black ice tryed to hold on but down i went ended up on the other side of the road lucky there was no cars coming in that direction but i did hirt myself .i cut my knee a bit i didnt care about that all i was interested in was my clothes and bike the bike is ok luckly .i dont have a winter bike the bike i ride is a titus modena wich cost me a few quid but i ripped my bibs on the knee .im on here to find whats the best way to fix the rips on the bibs plus my gloves and over shoes does anybody know the best way to fix them because ive only just bought them and cant afford to by new cheers.

missmarple

When had a brief meeting with a tree and bending my handlebars in the process I tore my gloves but I had various sowing kits from Christmas crackers laying around, try and sow up the rips if possible - my gloves are good as new now.

woody-som

Easiest way is not to cycle when its icy, sorry.

Mend the bib tights using normal cotton and needle, unless its a really big hole, the not sure.
I ripped a pair of overshoes on my first icy ride, never again, anyway, they broke on the sole, so wired them together, if its on the sides then thats difficult , just sow the gloves if you can.

John Moore

Same thing happened to be me 4 weeks ago but I broke a bone in my hand and really messed up my knee, I've only just got back on the bike.

I sucessfully repared my jacket with Tear Mender which is distributed by the door to door company Kleeneze.

Try these links
http://www.tearmender.com/

http://www.kleeneze.co.uk/

KnightofCydonia

it's the one thing i'm afraid of when cycling, that which you cannot see. Thankfully my only experiences of it were playing around in a town centre carpark. When out riding and you can see something, even to know how dangerous it is, you at least have an idea.

Mattbot2

tlw1

Currently sat in work, unshaved for a week because of a meeting of chin / road due to black ice