1. Cycling on ice is extremely dangerous, falling into water is very painful, and a person has several minutes to get out before death from hypothermia occurs.

2. You must be strong enough to save your life or help others in the water.

3. You should have all the information about a frozen body of water (river, lake, sea, etc.): ice thickness, water speed under and its depth.

4. It is necessary to use special bicycle equipment, clothes, shoes, devices for getting out the water (awl), medicines and second clothing with boots.

5. Ride only in a group and monitor each other

6. If you don’t have experience riding on snow and ice, you increase the likelihood of trouble. Start with winter cycling near your home where you have fewer risks  

7. Exchange information with more experienced riders and learn from your own mistakes. But you will fall a lot, no matter how experienced you are, so you need to think about every pedal push. Even experienced athletes can die from water, snow, or ice. 

Some examples include surfer Jay Moriarity who drowned, mountain climber Anatoli Boukreev who died under an avalanche, and Formula 1 pilot Michael Schumacher who crashed against a rock while skiing.