dang! maybe my plans to commute regardless of the weather are a bit ambitious. I find it frustrating trying to figure out the conditions from inside my home. wet; wetter; dry; cold; colder - all that I've been able to keep up with but all these variables with mixed precip is gonna screw with my workout routines. I'm an animal of habit so if I want to swim 1 day and weight on 2 other days I have to spread them out and cycling gets it's own slots. If the cycling day is sh*t then I do nothing or I do something on the wrong day and once my routine is screwed up I lose motivation. Anyone else like that?

I for one will be researching the various forms of whiteness. I'll have 2 bikes at least - one with narrower studded tires to dig down to pavement and ice, and the other with wider floaters. However it does sound like there will be days where it would be best to suffer in a car rather than a bike.

Thanks for the link to riding technique!!!!

A question for you experienced snow/sleet/ice riders.Any quick tips on deciding to ride or not? Meaning 1-3" is OK Fresh snow is OK? 5"+ is not good especially with traffic compressing it for a few hours.

To complicate things I'll have to forecast the conditions for the ride home after who-knows-what happens to the conditions with plows; sanders and cars using the roads all day.