Originally Posted by daredevil
I'm a Twin Cities native. How is it that you guys are riding in December? Is it global warming or what? Are the streets passable with regular road tires? I remember getting a bright red Schwinn Varsity as a kid for Christmas one year. It was torture. Waaay too much snow to ride it til spring.

It's been nuts this year. I actually rode to work in a t-shirt on Thursday. Full finger gloves, but no jacket or anything. There's been a bit of cold, but no snow, and the cold hasn't lasted...
It's odd, to say the least.