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I'm in Cambridge (MA) and until the plague shutdown commuted to work by bike pretty much every day. I've never bothered with studded tires because the number of
by Finnucane 6y ago
I'm in Cambridge (MA) and until the plague shutdown commuted to work by bike pretty much every day. I've never bothered with studded tires because the number of days when it would really make a difference is not high enough to be worth the bother. The city recently put in some separated lanes on the main roads that they plow and salt (sorry, chain), but the painted bike lanes everywhere else gets slushy and rutted just as described in the video. And cars park in them because the spaces aren't cleared. Some of my coworkers think I'm nuts, but as the video says, most of them speak from no actual experience.
- JNRowe 6y agoI'm near Cambridge(UK) and the number of days where it makes a difference is low here too. The bike lane experience largely sounds similar too :/ However, in the Before Times I'd keep a spare front wheel with a winter Schwalbe for slimy or light snow days. Swapping it out took literal seconds, and it made a huge difference. Variable traction on the back wheel is far more forgiving.
- anoncake 6y agoHoly shit. There's an outbreak of Yersinas Pestis, which is 10 times as deadly as Covid?