Hello all!

Long time lurker, occasional poster but anyway,

I'm new to Boston (but came from even more frozen Burlington, VT) and am wondering about how well the plowing is and how bad the ice on the roads get here.

I rode a fixed Jamis Sputnik all last winter in Burly (about 1.5 mile commute each way) without much trouble, but the roads are far less busy there, and I didn't have any hills to contend with. Here I have about a 2-3 mile ride to work from Somerville to Cambridge, (still no hills though!) and want to know what to expect in terms of road quality.

I have the option of bringing my full suspension bike w/ knobby tires down, but can only fit 1 ride in the house at a time so bye fixie for awhile.. (i don't really want her to go away)

The downside to Sputnik is the fork doesn't allow much in the way of tire choices, perhaps a fork swap and some studs?

What would you do?!