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Originally Posted by
daverup
If your snow gets slushy you'll wish you had some fenders. If it gets icy you'll wish those studs weren't worn down.
That's the problem with winter biking for me. There's a narrow range of conditions where it is fun. Outside those conditions it's less fun ..
Right the worse to me is that icy slush that's like pancake batter. Tire won't cut through it and the studs do no good. Just hang on and pray you stay upright....
And a big yes to the fenders. Without those you'll be a mess but more importantly the slush can get thrown on the drivetrain and freeze things up. I've more than one winter ride end with the bike RD frozen so in single speed mode. I learned full coverage fenders and would even cut extenders from 2 liter soda bottles to get even more coverage.
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Last edited by jamesdak; 09-16-24 at 07:42 PM.