As the title says, this morning was my first real winter commute on my Framed MN 2.0. The stock tires (Vee Mission) are indeed worthless in the snow. They are great tires for pavement, more than adequate for dry singletrack and doable for packed snow, but in any loose snow there is little traction from the rear tire, so it's very difficult to maintain any speed. And with out any speed the front tire just fishes all over the place. Okay, that's the bad.

The good? Everything else. At 15 degrees my new to me 45Nrth Cobrafist Pogies (Craigslist) were fabulous. My hands were a bit overheated with medium weight PI gloves. Looks like very light fleece will get the next trial. My clothing system worked well. Lightweight merino longs under bib shorts, with waterproof softshell pants over the top. Lake MXZ302 boots (more Craigslist) and RBH vprthrm socks. Up top I had a lightweight merino t neck, 02 Calhoun rain Jacket next operating as a VBL and fairly light Mavic softshell over that. Light smartwool balaclava with Bern Brentwood helmet and winter liner. The 02 jacket was perfect. There was none of the cold, ok, cold, ok cycle I sometimes get. With moisture locked in next to my base layer I was very comfortable.

How'd everyone else's commute go?