Locally, outside of Fairbanks, we normally get solid cold and stay there all Winter but just recently the temps shot up to +34 and it rained for two solid days. It was just a drizzle but it froze on the ground as it arrived. I did a bit of riding down the ice-road and was quite surprised at how solid I felt on my Nokia 294's. I'd always known they were great, but I'd only been on patches of ice here and there and solid frozen snow on streets. This was literally a half inch thick sheet of ice "forever" down the road. Not a problem at all. The tires didn't help me get on a snowmachine trail as they were pumped up too much but the experience gave me a whole new level of confidence -not cockiness- about how effective studded bike tires can be on glare ice.