Thread: Building a winter beater... need some input
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Old 09-17-13 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DetroitSchwinn
I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you there... I've been commuting on a vintage road bike through Detroit, Michigan for 5 years now I find the knobby tires just collect snow in the treads and I've never had an issue running Continental Gatorskins. I even rode 13 miles to work in 8" of freshly fallen snow...Only took 15 more minutes than usual.
No hills or even rolling terrain in Detroit.

Hills and rolling terrain in Rochester, plus the snow is wetter/icier.
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