Originally Posted by
electrik
Here is how i crash on ice, the bicycle slips out from under me I push it down and drop my feet to the ground and then fall on my ass or roll.
Either you are riding in slo-mo, or you have reflexes and moves faster than Neo dodging bullets.
I've never had a crash on ice where there has been time to think about moving or pushing the bike. If it's happening that slowly, I can always pull the bike back under me and keep going. That's riding without studs, maybe it's different with studs.
My crashes have all happened on ice so slick it's been impossible to walk, and I've had to crawl to get to some grass or something where I can get upright again. If you are thinking "why didn't this idiot get studded tyres", it's because I had a 25mile commute where only the first 2.5miles had any ice. The rest was gritted, and no snow.