Yesterday afternoon the temp hit 40 degrees. What happens when the temps hit 40 degrees in January in South Dakota? On the way home I saw people out on the MUP walking in t-shirts and shorts.

Today I'll be riding about 20 miles between various clients. I really didn't want to do that on my winter bike (too slow) so I decided to gamble that yesterday's warm temps melted off the ice and I could ride my hybrid. I spent time gearing up the hybrid and wheeled it out of the garage. Once I could see down the street I started having second thoughts about how much ice had melted off. So I wheeled it back into the garage and spent more time moving everything back over to my winter bike.

Turned out to be a good choice. Once I hit the MUP there was still tons of ice. I would have surely gone down hard without studs. I should have known better that a single day at 40 degrees wouldn't put much of a dent in the ice accumulation.

Made it to work on time, but just barely.