how to control the weather
easy. if you want snow and ice, just take the studded tires off of your bike.
after a week of above-freezing temps, I was feeling lucky and swapped just the rear tire from Marathon Winters to regular Marathons. snowed the day after.
arrrgh. where in the country do you get low precipitation? (I don't care about cold temperatures - actually like them - but it's the rain and snow I can do without.)