i chose the right bike this morning: my dedicated winter beast with schwalbe marathon winters.

it was 27 degrees when i left, and we got a whole bunch of slush/snow on saturday that then froze into solid ice during yesterday's subsequent deep freeze.

knowing that temps stayed below zero all night and were still below zero when i left, the decision was a pretty easy one for me.

riding my winter beast with its studded tires maybe adds ~5 minutes to my 5 mile commute. that's a small price to pay for rolling over black ice/snow pack/frozen slush with confidence.

the first ride of the season on my winter beast is always kinda fun, but yeah, in a couple of weeks, i'll be whining about the damn studs too.