On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Eric White wrote:
Personally, I think I'm much more likely to be injured riding under
current street conditions even if there were *no* cars on the rode.
Anyone with studded tires care to chime in on your experience riding
the
last few days?
I've been a lurker here for a while, but since you asked I'll chime in.
I am always amazed at the traction my Nokian Mount and Ground tires
(with 160 studs each) have in snow and ice. Last night my commute home
trouble free along the Capital City Path. At one point where the route
follows Wilson Street I stopped to help get a stuck pickup out and then
pedaled away having no such trouble myself.
Places like Jennifer Street are a different story. Studs don't help
much on wet packed snow like that. What you need there are knobby
tires, patience and practice. The other conditions that are
universally hazardous is when you have loose snow on top of ice or
frozen chucks like we see in many of our bike lanes right now.
The unplowed sections of the capitol city trail (or any other MUT for
that matter I suppose) is also quite rideable right now because the
snow from Saturday is so hard you can cruise right over the surface
without breaking through.
Frank Hassler
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