12/05/09 I took a spill making a left hand as normal but found out the hard way it's not done that way. Hurt my left shoulder and left thigh big time and just got back on my bike today for the first time in a month :-)
What did I learn? There's nothing normal on ice.
I ordered and now have on my bike Schwalbe Marathon Winter studded tires. I've decided to leave them on until Spring whether the pavement is icy, wet, dry, or whatever especially since I'm on the road at O'dark thirty AM.
Anyone else here in the Seattle area leave their studded tires on for the winter? To me the conditions are too variable after falling once and losing this time in preperation for the STP this year.