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From: maariano@watdaisy.UUCP (Marco Ariano)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Falling On Ice
Message-ID: <7624@watdaisy.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 11:53:57 EST
Article-I.D.: watdaisy.7624
Posted: Mon Feb 24 11:53:57 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 27-Feb-86 03:14:39 EST
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Reply-To: maariano@watdaisy.UUCP (Marco Ariano)
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: spill, crash, slide
Summary: 


My suggestion is don't ride on ice.  I quit after having two spills in a week.
If you insist though, (and you've *got* to try), I have a few other suggestions.

- Don't make any sudden movements at all.  You've got to anticipate
things long before you're forced to deal with them.  You've basically
got *no* lateral traction.
- Take corners *very wide*.  They're the killers.  Don't even *think* of
touching your brakes.  Slow down before you need to.  Spill #2 was on a
corner and I fortunately slid into to the other lane before the oncoming
car reached me.
- When there's a cold frost on the road be *extremely* careful of manhole 
covers and lines painted/stuck on the surface.  You won't believe how
fast your bike slides out from underneath you.  Spill #1 was caused by a
manhole cover.  Somehow I avoided head injuries on the curb (no helmet).
- Wear a helmet.
- The worst surfaces are ice sprinkled with fresh snow (sp #2) and
freezing rain.  Deadly.  Read a book.

Marco Ariano

but hey, sometimes you just gotta say 'What the ...'

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