my normal 40 minute commute took an hour and 15 minutes this morning. I probably should have just taken to the streets it would have been no worse than riding in a light rain. I chose the bike path, which had a light 1 1/2"'s of snow over the slushy frozen mess that has been on it for the past week or so. At times it was actually plowed a bit but other sections were like riding a stationary bike with the tension all the way up. My heart was pounding as if I were doing it at top speed and I was just managing about 9 mph for most of it.

The ride home was much better since more of the path was plowed but it was still a big challenge. Rode part of it with another rider. He was also riding studded tires (the Nashbar ones) they looked to be either 1.5" or 32c's and he was sliding a bit but was handling it well. I have the 1.9 Nokians and was able to handle most of it but occasionally got some good slides in there, too. Disc brakes would have been a little better choice today my v-brakes were getting pretty clogged up- though they were working pretty well.
No real complaint it was like a challenging mountain bike ride- if I'd done the ride for recreational purposes only I'd have loved this ride. It was nice to ride part of it with another rider.