Thanks, all!

Corrected the original post. It's 1,596, not 1,597.


FB: You forgot about lake-effect. That's exactly what got me last night.

The Great Lakes are large enough to make their own weather. Rochester is on the shore of Lake Ontario. Lake-effect snow (or rain, or even clouds) are very highly local. I can (and have) passed through two blinding snow squalls on the way to work, on an otherwise sunny day.

Last night it was actually a very strong squall coming off Lake Erie--the only squall in all of Upstate. We were at the eastern end of it. It petered out just east of the city.

BTW, I bought a bottle of your lube the other day at Bike Zone in Greece. I had a $20 coupon that had come as part of the goodie bag at the Highlander. I was as surprised to see it at a store as the owner was to have a customer know what it was. Got some tubes too.


JYL: It's not about being tough at all. In fact, it's about being too wimpy to put up with getting back into shape come March and April. I avoid all that pain and suffering by riding through the winter.