Originally Posted by
Tim_Iowa
I'm not surprised. I'm surprised you didn't spill earlier, actually. Off-camber ice will steal your rear wheel's traction almost every time. It seems like you finally hit a patch with a steep enough angle to wash out your rear wheel.
I think a little bit of my issue was getting over-confident. Riding those conditions for .5 mile here and .75 mile earlier on this ride... this fall is in the last few hundred yards; I was like "I got this!" and the ice was like "NOPE!"