Originally Posted by pinkrobe

This morning, about a block from my house, I was damn near run off the road by a driver heading the other direction. Apparently, they needed the 8' of clearance from their passenger side to the parked cars, and decided to leave me 3'. Normally that isn't a big deal, but there was 8" of sloppy snow piled up on my side of the road, and I had to dodge into that mess. Oh, and the battery on my light died just as I was heading into downtown.



I hear you on the melting aspects. Unfortunately, about 1/3 of my route never gets plowed, and it takes a good 10 days to get the snow and ice off the road after the last snowfall. I tried running regular knobbies, but they were useless on the black ice at intersections and not much better on the hills, so I went to studs. I ordered a wheelset with wider rims that will be my official winter wheelset. I can swap out the wheels faster than I can swap pedals, so that should do the trick. I wish the city would plow after they salt/sand the roads. The slop that's left behind is very difficult to ride in, and it's all over the city.