I recommend these for dealing with the ice:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=40911&cat=2,51676&ap=1

I was out taking photographs this morning, and I have no problems walking up a steep path covered with sheer ice.


And for the cyclists, something like this:
http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=2330

As the description states, "Long war hammers were used as walking staffs" so it could replace a cane…