Originally Posted by
freddiesan
Studded tires might be a good choice. I had my first ice encounter this morning. Wasn't much I could do and fell in low speed. My knee took the fall. Hurts a little but nothing damaged except my handlebar tape which is torn up on the left side. Be careful out there. Ice and wet leaves are not to mess with.
i had a very similar fall, hit some black ice on christmas eve and went down at a pretty low speed...the bike fell to the left side and ripped my cork tape and i think it bent my bullhorns just a tad
i was shaken a bit but nothing major...my steel rig held up fine...oh, i ride steel wheels too maybe that's why the fall bent the bars