Most forecasts called for snow yesterday...a lot and all day with cold, high winds. Although swapping on the studded snow tires takes only about 10 minutes, I did not relish riding against 30-35 mph headwinds. And without fat tires, biking in wet, heavy snow over 4" is difficult to impossible, as I was reminded earlier in the winter when it snowed much more than was predicted while I was at work.

It was still, dry and not too cold in the morning, but I drove instead.

Around 10am it started to snow something fierce...big heavy flakes of wet, splatty snow, the wind had kicked up, and the temperature fell. To err on the side of caution the company turned us loose at 2pm. I had about 4 inches on my car, but it didn't feel that cold. And after a couple of weeks of afternoon highs in the 60s the roads were warm enough that the snow melted as soon as it hit the pavement. On the drive home I could see that even on the side streets where I would have biked the pavement was wet, but clear of snow.

When I got home our driveway and street was still full of snow since we are in the shadows most of the winter. I started to shovel and watched the snow melt-away from under me as the temperature rose and the wind dropped.

I could have biked easily. Especially since I would have left a little later and arrived even later.

To add insult to injury, someone from a local bike group posted a video of his afternoon ride showing that the bike trails he rode had been plowed by the city and were very doable.

Oh well, I was still feeling great from the ride the day before, although this morning, I'm feeling a little restless to ride again.