{"id":1012,"date":"2008-12-13T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress179\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2008-12-13T17:23:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T17:23:22","slug":"smackdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/smackdown-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
Second time I’ve crashed on my own in a month. This slippery miserable shitty weather is not just annoying, now, it’s dangerous! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n
Of course, it was after the work xmas party and I was tanked but I’d ridden from the city to Ealing without issue. \ud83d\ude42 It was only when I went to suss out the chip shop and hit a very slippery patch of tarmac (I checked it out last night and it was greasy – actually difficult to stand on) that I hit the deck. I was on the Rubble and managed to break off the rear light, shred the rear derailler cable and cut holes in my brand new gloves. WAC.<\/p>\n
Again, for some unknown reason, my left shoulder is worse, even though I hit my right hand side. I don’t get it. I’m over this cycling bollocks. I’m off to buy a BMW off a credit crunched banker.<\/p>\n
In more positive news, my new commuter is almost ready to roll.. it’s an ’07 Condor Pista + some bits of forum members..<\/p>\n
Second time I’ve crashed on my own in a month. This slippery miserable shitty weather is not just annoying, now, it’s dangerous! \ud83d\ude42 Of course, it was after the work xmas party and I was tanked but I’d ridden from … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"