I took Homer out for a couple of nice, pleasant rides over the weekend here in Stratford, Connecticut, right on Long Island Sound. Last year I bought studded Nokian Hakkapeliitta, 700c x 35mm tires from Peter White. I only got to ride them twice last year so I was excited for some more snow. It's been pretty dry here but not anymore! I got out for my first ride on Friday afternoon, at the beginning of the storm. About 5" of snow had fallen, it was still coming down and the wind was blowing about 35mph. The tires do great unless the snow gets really deep. I averaged around 5.5mph for my hour and fifteen minute ride, and it was a blast. People tend to look at you a little bit funny, though. There were no cars to speak of, and I stayed off any main roads. Saturday, after around 3ft of snow fell overnight, there would be no riding, driving or walking anywhere, just shoveling. Sunday had some plowed roads and I was able to get my truck shoveled out of where it had been plowed in and I got to take another ride on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Conditions varied from wet to slushy, to snow packed and sometimes rutted. The ruts were the only really challenging part. Sunday's ride was 8mph for 1 1/2 hours. Many of the roads were still not plowed so the ones that were had a lot of people walking on them. And there were lots of comments to the crazy guy on the bike! It was an absolutely fantastic time. Pictures... http://www.flickr.com/photos/93129181@N06/8465635578/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/93129181@N06/8464544269/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/93129181@N06/8465665974/in/photostream/
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