It is certain that we are going to catch up on the snow front... got a little dusting today but that was about it.

With the extra bike you have to deal with a rear wheel that is unweighted so it is a little easier to spin out on ice during accelleration (unless you are rocking studs) although the bike itself it very very stable. On the plus side, it spins up pretty fast because the load is so well balanced.

Have discovered that if you do lose the rear wheel in a skid recovery can be almost impossible due to the fulcrum effect you get on a bike with a 64 inch wheelbase.

I doubled up the studs on my extra bike's rear wheel and the Kendas I am using cut through slush and brown sugar really well and are also very good at shedding snow and slush.

128 studs in the rear and 64 up front... ice has not been a problem.