Originally Posted by Shiznaz
What are the roads like where you are? For Toronto (mostly plowed roads, slush, ice, and the occasional heavy snow day) I like to use a tire with inverted tread and a some small lugs on the outside of the tire for cornering. I used the Continental City ride tires last year and I liked them but you do have to be pretty careful anyways.
The roads vary. When it ices over, I'll ride about 1/4 of a mile on un-tended paved road (snow, ice, whatever happens to be there), then I'll have a 2 mile ride on a mostly plowed road. My only fear is a bridge in town. We have a major creek, and all the bridges that cross it go downhill. There is no way around it. I may just walk the hill.
Thanks!
cmh