It was 26F on the NOAA weather report , last night,
Town Quiets right down, then ,
and all the people raised in the warmer states stay home.

so Undaunted, I pumped up the tires of my old rigid frame mountain bike,
and went downtown (2 miles) for a few pints.
The tires: Nokian Mount and ground W with tungsten steel studs ..

I built the wheels around a pair of Drum Brake hubs , and they worked excellent also..

all Bolt on stuff, no Disc Mounts required, and works way better
than rim brakes in foul weather.

Old mountain bike frames make a fine all weather transportation tool.

My start was a Stumpjumper Sport frame with a broken right dropout.
then, I found a suitable fork , in the back room of one of the LBS,

mechanic there said 'it had problems', those were misalignment of the fork
which was done by a different LBS...