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Old 11-12-11 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by hairytoes
Since this is a thread about riding on black ice, can you come up with examples and films of crashes on black ice?

I really don't understand why you keep harping on about this. Nobody here has said that studded tyres aren't worth it on black ice.
Like this one? No way was the guy going to be able to bail off the bike and avoid a crash. Or this one? There are two cyclists that go down about 55 seconds in. Neither appears to have been clipped but it didn't stop them from hitting the ground.

And just for eletrik, here's another series of crashes (winter mountain biking). Notice just how few of these guys try to bail off the bike during a crash and how many ride it down. In 13 crashes, 2 guys tried to bail with mixed results. One guy even grinds the dangly bits on the rear wheel. That's not good.
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