Trev The Rev

I didn't brake or accelerate or deviate direction, there was a slight camber to the road. I've ridden on snow but this was ice. No grip whatever.

Bloke thing. I dislocated my knee and did all the ligaments back in 1974 and have had trouble with it ever since and I've turned ankles so many times fencing and playing squash, so am well versed in treatment. Must admit it's affected my confidence. Weird feeling, my conscious brain is saying it's ok there is no ice plenty of grip but my subconscious brain doesn't want to lean. Confidence is coming back but I'm much more wary of leaves or mud on the road and anything which looks like it might be slippy. I take it no tyre has grip on ice?

No ice along my lane but when I turned onto a bigger lane where there was no tree cover I found myself on ice. Although I was on a straight and only going 15 to 20 mph, the scooter went to the left and went to the right. No damage to scooter but a badly sprained ankle and twisted knee. The same patch of lane and another section further along and a nasty deep dip with bends have ice most mornings. The council don't grit the lane. So whenever it's below freezing I end up going to work by car. Its over 2 weeks ago now and the ankle is almost recovered but the knee is badly swollen with a huge water swelling over the knee cap so I can hardly bend the leg and it hurts like hell. I'm posting just to remind people it isn't worth risking 2 wheels when there might be ice.

Am I just unlucky? First was a flit spwhich I had repaired. Second is a slow puncture that can't be found. I don't have time to worry about such things so got a new tyre fitted. The important thing is to get to work and get home. I may have not done the tyre much good riding it to the dealers when flat with the first puncture. Shoukd I carry an emergency canister? Or have I just been unlucky. I'm riding a 50cc Neos 4. Don't laugh - it does the job really well on narrow twisty lanes going to work and back. I'm getting 120 to 125 miles to the gallon, so I have spent more on the puncture and the new tyre than I have on petrol.

I've recently bought a Neos4, so it's only 50cc and I'm limited to 30mph. But I do get 129mpg. Can anyone tell me if the speedometer is accurate? I'm hitting 34mph, but is the speedo set deliberately to read high, am I only doing 30mph when it says 34mph? Thanks Trev.