Fall and Winter Commuter Challenge!

[keepclimbing]

Keepclimbing, where do you live??

St. Louis

[Geonz]

The new semester is starting... so I'm riding in again. There was one day I even rode without studs - but we got what the weather guy called a "nuisance mist" which, alas, was frozen. Fortunately it wasn't too bad... but I decided that when in doubt *at all,* go wiht studs (and there was doubt - I went in a little late waiting for the morning snow flurries to fade).
Next week the students come back, and I'm sitting in on a class, so I have to be ON TIME. Note to self: it really does take an extra 10-15 minutes on a 45 pound bike with studded tyres. More importantly, you just **can't** get it up to 20 mph if you're running late... at least not for long! (Ohter note: go ahead, get a speedo for it... see if you can :P )
My goal is to ride enough on them to wear 'em out so I can replace them with tires with more studs... tho' I'm thinking again of studding my Dahon instead just because they would be so much easier to take off and put on (the Gazelle's a Dutch commuting bicycle and I have to go through chain guard and internal hub and internal brake stuff to take the wheel off). On the other hand, that internal ness is NICE when it's nasty.

Oh, and you folks in the North West - hang on! We at least have the gear to deal with this stuff as in snowplows and tons of salt(and we haven't had it anything like you have this year!)