Nice pics and write up, Tony. More style points for giving it a go in the face of that weather. My city streets commute Monday and Tuesday was very cold (15-20°) with powdery snow accumulating on already cold pavement, starting not long before the morning commute began. The snow in the compacted wheel paths was crunchy and not at all bound to the road beneath, slicker than ice when trying to change speed or direction. A great time to be over to the right in the unbroken snow. Didn't have the opportunity to stop or take pictures, the morning didn't sink in as the beginning of the long cold part of the year. Looks like the studded tires are on for a while now, all take care out there.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 7:27:13 PM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Proof of concept ride! The 1-3" dusting ended up being a bit more of a > storm than most expected this morning but I had a BLAST getting to work. I > underestimated how much extra work riding in the snow would be, any more > snow and I'd probably wish I had gears. The Xo-3 did fantastic, drive > chain was good, brakes held up perfect, the alba's kept me stable and in > control... and of course the Nokian Mount and Ground studded tires did > great. In the fresh (still falling) morning snow I felt 100% stable. In > the evening commute the Mount Vernon Trail proved to be pretty treacherous > with a crusty and bumpy ice surface but the tires still held up well. More > than anything the evening ride took a ton of concentration. And yes the > last picture is from my coffee stop, Misha's in Old Town to meet my buddy > Wes who was also trying out his new studded tire winter bike (a drop bar > Trek Antelope). > > I'm doubtful about tomorrow, wind chills are supposed to get the temp down > awfully low and I doubt the trails will improve overnight. Maybe by Friday! > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2gZJY34ZyA4/VKx7zQjdBnI/AAAAAAAAGYk/dOSja49DoBk/s1600/IMG_20150106_073928.jpg> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Z26BvwiraLI/VKx78aVaVnI/AAAAAAAAGYs/iHpsa2mH78w/s1600/IMG_20150106_074020.jpg> > > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iw45G9905ks/VKx8A8-qOAI/AAAAAAAAGY0/u2qVhLoWKuw/s1600/IMG_20150106_073950.jpg> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xpeklYTRZi4/VKx8GX4WNJI/AAAAAAAAGY8/XP7nHeF7XK4/s1600/IMG_20150106_073939.jpg> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DJw4pM2Uri0/VKx8LqYdYFI/AAAAAAAAGZE/ANHHX7R2-_8/s1600/IMG_20150106_063716.jpg> > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
