I've been unable (or unwilling) to ride all week due to a snow/sleet storm we had in NC last weekend. It finally warmed up some yesterday with lots of sunshine, but there is still a lot of melting snow and ice on the road edges. Thought I might ride this morning, but when I got up at 5:30 am the temperature was hovering at 32 F, and it always drops a few degrees during my commute from 6:30-7:15 am. So I decided not to risk the hazard of hitting black ice, and drove. As much as I wanted to ride, it was a good call. There were a lot of icy patches in spots during my drive to work, and according to the radio reports some bad accidents due to people skidding on black ice.

Anyway, that will probably be our only snow this winter, so I can wait it out. We rarely get more than one snowstorm in a winter, and sometimes go years with none at all.