As expected, the ride home was much harder with the snow coming down at around 2" per hour. Instead of a 50 minute ride, it took an hour and a half. As you can see from the pictures, the snow was really heavy and sticky, and I was pretty soaked by the time I was done. I lowered the tire pressure to around 40 psi, and was able to plow through 3-4 inches of snow on the ground without too much difficulty.

Had I driven my car to work instead, I would have been stuck in a 12-hour commute from hell on the GW Parkway. I probably passed about 30 bikes going the other way in a 12 mile stretch, so winter commuting is going strong in the DC area.