Originally Posted by
gjosuem
I am about to start commuting by bike, next week, but my plan is to ride only after the streets have been cleaned, otherwise I am driving. Do you have that option?
Yes I do and that's pretty much the plan.
Originally Posted by
scroca
...Can you predict where these problem places are? It might be worth while walking short stretches if that will get you through safely.
Unfortunately not. I was fighting to stay upright because of all the soft snow, and all of the sudden I went down without warning. It happened so fast I didn't have time to put my foot down.
Originally Posted by
crhilton
I'm gonna guess: It's snowed a few times, the city does a poor job of cleaning it up and several layers of partially melted snow (that are now mainly ice) are underneath a fresh layer of snow. It's hard to see when you're about to have the your tire slip off the side of some of that icy stuff because the snow hides it. And the snow probably acts as a nice lubricant to make your studs almost completely useless.
Nasty nasty stuff.
As far as the main roads, any road that people do 45 on will be in far far better shape than that.
You described exactly how the city plows.
I take a lot of side streets and that's where I fell. The main roads, for the most part, are in pretty good shape.