location = syracuse, ny ~ one of the crappier places to be in the winter
don't expect much rain - it'll be snow for a while

1. Head
(a) rain: nothing
(b) snow: sunglasses (antibrightness/snowflake)

2. Torso
(a) rain: trenchcoat
(b) snow: insulated coat

3. Legs
(a) rain: standard pants
(b) snow: standard pants

4. Hands
(a) rain: nothing
(b) snow: snowboarding gloves

5. Feet
(a) rain: standard shoes
(b) snow: standard shoes
water resistant boots would help, but not enough to justify capitalism unit expenditure

- Knobby tires? How wide? If not, thicker slicks? How wide?

Knobby helps when the streets are covered in actual snow, but this turns to slush very quickly and then they're less than useful.

- Anything else you want to add:

defintely some type of rear fender. I use a piece of plastic foam jammed into my rear rack, which suffices. you need something, anything. even a piece of cardboard.