I learned a valuable lesson today.  When heading out for a bike ride during a Winter thaw, take a trike.

I started at Spring Creek and hit the bike path that heads out along 322, thinking that the warm weather that so effectively melted the ice and snow around our home would have done wonders for the bike paths.  For the most part, it did.  But there were still a number of patches that were pure ice.

Since I try not to be stupid, I actually did dismount to walk past sketchy areas.  There just happened to be one area that didn’t look bad enough to worry about.  As luck would have it, that was the area where my tires slid out from under me and sent me sliding on my posterior into the grass and muck to the side of the path.

Nothing hurt other than my pride.  My underseat steering took most of the fall and required a quick adjustment.  I did try to continue on, but the path got progressively worse from that point.

So I gave it up and rode back to Spring Creek park.

And next time, I’ll take my trike.