Originally Posted by
andrelam
Even if you get your foot down, you can see that generally that doesn't help much as your foot will slip we easily as the bike tire.
The few difficulties I've had have thankfully been on mush, not ice, so my foot got traction where my tire didn't.
Originally Posted by
crhilton
Following those I've still fallen

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Ice + snow + off camber turn.
Yep, nothing is guaranteed.