Any of you commuting the next few days?

I will be, but I am weird, there has been little to turn me off commuting. One day last year I carried my bike through a flood at the end of my lane way. Done the snow in 2010 and was one of the only people to make it to work, twas a glorious commute.

Only thing that turns me off a commute is if I mess up and haven't dried out my gear. Last year I used to carry two changes of clothes, the days I forgot where torture and if I hadn't got fresh dry gear, that alone would stop me. I can go out dry and warm up in the rain but putting on wet gear and being cold before you leave I can't take.

The reason for the multiple change with me are that I cycle to a train and then cycle to work, train ride is long enough that if soaked through, a change of clothes is a necessity for your sanity and your health.

Roads were grand this morning, just make sure to wrap up for the weather and you will be grand.

4 degrees and raining in Wexford but no sign of frost or snow.

Well I shouldn't have opened my mouth, left this morning, but if frost on the car but roads were reasonably dry. First corner, puddles were wet and not frozen over. Thought to myself, this will be grand. Now whether it was me pushing out of the corner thinking it was fine or it would have happened anyway, down I came. Lying on the ground like a wounded animal. Took a few minutes to gain my composure, and roll over. My Chrome bag once again proving to be the greatest bit of safety gear I have ever bought, it took the brunt of it.

Fare-thee-well dear saddle, I can't even fathom how you came to an end with the way I fell.

I think I am, I am already recieving physio for my shoulder and I won't lie, in the first 10 seconds, which felt an eternity, I thought I wasn't getting up without an ambulance. A few hours later, shoulder is sore but Ok, right knee is slightly swollen but OK.

I went home and swapped bikes and made it in OK. albeit more cautiously. I did detach fully from the bike, so best guess is the rear of the saddle on the right caught the ground and rotated the saddle before dispatching it's hide.