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It depends on how much snow you get. Normal tires are fine on snow once you get used to it. So if you have icy conditions just for a few weeks, it's probably no
by lower 9y ago
It depends on how much snow you get. Normal tires are fine on snow once you get used to it. So if you have icy conditions just for a few weeks, it's probably not worth the hassle to switch. (I've been riding a road bike throughout all winter for more than a decade now. Riding on snow is fine. The only dangerous situation in winter is actually on warmer days without snow, where one doesn't expect anything, but when the road has frozen over invisibly in some dark corner.)
- hcurtiss 9y agoAs a guy who has commuted by bike for the better part of 20 years, I leave my bike in the house and drive in my car when it's snowing or icy for the same reason that I wouldn't drive a motorcycle. Two wheels in those conditions is just dangerous. Watching the die-hards in Portland slide out and eat pavement on icy roads is humorous every year. While there was a time I relished the adventure, I'm just too old for that kind of risk. I suppose I'd be more comfortable with a 3/4 wheeled bike, but there's still the risk of other car drivers bouncing off you, which they do a lot in Portland in the winter.
- fulafel 9y agoIt's best to leave the bike in the cold in freezing months, frequent thawing/freezing will result in water condensing in your cables and elsewhere and then freezing.
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