Thanks for the tip of the hat, but in may ways, it's the easy way out. It's easier to just ride the darned bike than to fuss with tires every other day.
I could not agree more. The other thing is that the weather here can change so dramatically. I can leave in the morning with clear sunny weather and might have 6+ inches of snow on the way home, or 1/4 of solid ice on the road... you just can't tell exactly where and when the precipitation will come. Just last week we got nothing more than a dusting of snow. 4 miles south of here they got 32" That is some seriously locallized snow fall. If the wind had shifted just the tiniest bit we would have gotten all that snow and they might have had nothing more than a dusting. For that reason I make sure I am prepared for all weather events.
Last year I did accept an offer to get picked up by my wife because we had over a foot of snow fall during the day... That would have made for a dangerous ride home. I would have had to ride in the middle of traffic and I would have had to make sure I'd stay out of the way of all the snow plows out trying to clear up the roads.
Happy riding,
André