Cycling on ice... a guide

I managed to go sideways coming out of a junction this morning (my fault - came out of the saddle and gave it some beans before realising how slippy it was). Stayed upright but don't think I would have done on a freewheel.

Is it already time to post 'Glad in Lelystad' again?

I have brought entirely the wrong bike with me today. I nearly stacked it on the way in as well.

I didn't notice any difference on the road yesterday or today? Are you all cycling across the Serpentine or something?

stick to the main autoroutes
back roads will be much more icy

I didn't notice any difference on the road yesterday or today? Are you all cycling across the Serpentine or something?

You're too fat for ice to affect you much.

You're too fast for ice to affect you much.

Must be.

That too.

It was frosty but I didn't see any black ice.

I didn't notice any difference on the road yesterday or today? Are you all cycling across the Serpentine or something?

I was in Morden, a solid -2º when I left this morning which had become +1º by the time I got into the middle of town.

So just to recap. Should we be leaning? Or is leaning out?

It's all about inverse leaning.

It was frosty but I didn't see any black ice.

It was hiding against a black background.

That could be the reason.

Rahahahahacist!

...and now people, try not to lean.

I t was -2 in Finchley and I would say colder in Regents Park. Not blackice, but the crunchy frostystuff that will still get you if you are not careful

It's all about inverse leaning.

With shim, or without?

Nolean TM

It was -4 in Leeds for my commute home last night.

I was tapping along nicely, about 18mph, and came off a roundabout onto a stretch of road, only to find a cracked water main was bubbling out of a grate, coating everything in a thick, clear shell of ice.

I stayed upright by screaming, "FUCK FUCK FUCK OH NO FUCKITTY FUCK NO NO NO SHIT SHIT!" until I had got past the hazardous area, and then I said, "OH FUCK OH THANK YOU GOD."

Try this little tip next time you hit a really icy patch. It worked for me.

But no leaning, right?

^had the same when I turned off greenwich high road into a side street on my way home one evening last winter...

the roads had been clear for ages but I forgot that the side roads stay iced up for a week or so after the main roads.

went from zooming along without a care to being in the middle of a 50yd long sheet of ice covering the entire road. at which point I too basically let fly with the naughty words

luckily I had my studded tyres on the bike but it was the first time I'd tried them out in anger so was still bricking it that I was a goner. was clenching so much it took a minute to wrestle the saddle from between my arse cheeks when I finally got home. but

I assume you pumped the brakes? Always pump the brakes on ice.

i thought you were supposed to deflate the brakes when it was icy

This is what happen after you rode on ice.