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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Munich Germany (formerly Portland OR, Texas)
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Bikes: '02 Specialized FSR, '03 RM Slayer, '99 Raleigh R700, '97 Norco hartail, '89 Stumpjumper
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honestly don't know what an AWD wheelset is (All Wheel Drive??)
and i've never ridden with Electric assist...
but a mountain bike with studded tires is hard to beat for winter (that's what i use). and in VA you shouldn't have THAT much snow anyway, so ice patches are probably your biggest concern...
if you want the very best setup, i hear that a fixed-gear gives you better "feel" for the ground and traction so a fixed-gear mountain bike might be the very best (but you'd probably have to buy a new crank and rear wheel)