Originally Posted by
Bikewolf
For commuting I use a hybrid. However, I was thinking about a mountain bike for snowy conditions... (+ fun, backup, variety)
Well, geeze, get some winter tires then. I have fun with studded tires in ugly conditions. Any old school hard tail mountain bike will work. New ones are getting too specialized to use for commuting.
A lot of hybrids are basically mountain bikes with skinnier tired 700c wheels.