Originally Posted by gerv

This is my 6th winter of riding. Third winter with heavy Nokians and today was my first fall.

A weird combination of really smooth ice with about 1/2 inch of dry snow over the top made the commute this morning *really* interesting. The back wheel was spinning up even minor hills. A couple of times I hit a lump of something and almost lost the front wheel.

Then I did lose the front wheel... really quickly.

I have never seen conditions where the studs could not grind into ice. But today it just wanted to spin out.