Originally Posted by
Arcanum
Well, I give him credit for the ingenuity, but you wouldn't catch me on that thing. Call me crazy, but I like being able to actually steer and, you know, stop without wiping out. Hybrid with 40C studded knobbies for me.
There's the tires issue (I run 35mm Nokian W106s) and the brakes and lights matter too, but I was thinking about how cold it would be on the thing considering he's just sitting there in the breeze doing nothing. For me, climbing that hill the other day was a welcome opportunity to make some serious BTUs. It finally knocked the chill off me and I was warm all the rest of the way.