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Old 10-29-10 | 08:41 AM
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bhdavis1978
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From: Vancouver, BC

Bikes: Jamis Aurora Elite, Jamis Citizen 3.0, Giant TCR Advanced 2

Originally Posted by irclean
No need for the trainer; the disc brakes, full-coverage fenders, and room for fat (i.e., studded) tires make your bike an ideal candidate for a winter commuter!
It can be your foul-weather commuter and your dream CF road bike can be saved for sunny days.
I would love to do that, but I've got two problems. First, most of my commute in to work is along fairly busy roads and involves crossing one major highway over-pass and a railway overpass. I already tend to get buzzed by cars at narrow points in the road, such as the overpasses- despite the fact that the cars have plenty of room to give me a lot of clearance- once we get snow on the ground, it'll may get worse. Second, and in many ways the bigger problem- I don't think my wife would go for it. She's already deathly afraid that I'm going to get hit by a car, bus, or a truck. She insists that I email her every morning before I leave the house, and then again once I get in to work, so that she doesn't have to worry. But I may try and work on her anyway.
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