Originally Posted by ApolloCVermouth
So you don't really need studs then? They hardly use salt here. Just put down gravel every once in a while. I can see now that winter really is a relative term. I did'nt expect such a variety of opinions.
and the winters are really hit and miss sometimes.. and getting milder and milder it seems..
one week might be pretty mild and you get your hopes up.. then there's a bunch of snow.. which in 3 days when it warms up a couple degrees turns to slush..
it's just annoying when it gets really cold one night and that slush turns to ice before it can be salted..
i rode in all winter (across the macdonald bridge to dartmouth) nearly everyday no-matter what the weather on both SS and fixed.. and the ONLY time i crashed on my fixed was when the idiot bridge folk boarded up the path due to "extreme wind"..
and thanks to the occasional bit of ice i've slid under a parked car or two on my SS.