Pynchonite, I live in Cedar Rapids, and you can read my post from this morning about trying to ride in the sloppy mess we got last night. I hope you had better luck than I did. It was just too warm and wet. Had it been colder and the slushy mess had frozen, it wouldn't have been a problem for me. The Nokians do extremely well in ice and cold snow conditions; but I don't think anything does very well in 6" or more of slushy wet stuff that just squirms around as you ride. I could barely keep the bike going straight. It's supposed to get much colder tonight, so maybe I'll be riding tomorrow. Stay safe out there!