Originally Posted by
Sheldon Brown
Going downhill on ice you would use a brake?!...?!
Sheldon "Whoooooooosh" Brown
Yes, I have in my mind a very specific place where I don't have more than 1.5m to stop on the road after the hill (the hill is not paved, just frozen). The road is perpendicular to the movement of the bike, and the inclination is terrible. Then the road is a sudden flat surface. If I don't brake I'll kill myself.