Agree on the studded tires front. It's just not worth it. Conditions were pretty decent this morning compared to last night. Last night things were pretty much glare ice on the sidewalks and paths. I was fine on my bike, but had a heck of a time staying up when I tried walking.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, STRAWSER, Charles <[email protected]>wrote: > I rode in from the near east side to the west side of campus with no > problems at all. > I do have studded ice tires (so I didn't plan on taking the bus in either > direction), but it probably could have been ridden without them. > > I'm just unwilling these days to take the chance that I *probably* won't > go down on some ice, so I used studded tires from the first snow until > March, usually. > I don't really understand why most people who ride in the winter or want > to ride in the winter don't use them (ok, as far as I know nobody makes > studded tires to fit your 40 year old British bike, Mitch, but for most > people there are tires to fit their bikes). And, yes, the tires are quite > expensive (for bike tires anyway) initially, but since I've used one pair > through more than 15 winters, I'd say they're pretty reasonable in the long > run. I'd recommend spending $50 or less on the bike you're going to ride > through winter - and then spending twice that on tires (which will probably > outlive the rest of the components on a winter bike). > c > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mitchell Nussbaum > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] How was your commute today? > > Based on the news reports, I expected bike riding to be sheer hell this > morning. I figured that the roads would be rideable on the way home, so I > got out my bike and planned to put it on the bus for the ride to work. > > But when I got outside, I found that conditions weren't all that bad. The > residential streets in my neighborhood were icy, but the ice had a lot of > texture and my unstudded tires had plenty of traction. And the major > streets were fine -- wet and occasionally slushy -- and the bike paths were > OK. > > So my commute from the near west side was pretty good. How were things in > other parts of the city? > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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