Well here we are perhaps half way through the winter and form a cyclist point of view its been a tough one. City streets are as bad as I have seen them in 22 years of commuting and no amount of salt that the city throws seems to help. So I decided to do what many others have already done and throw some studded tires on the mountain bike. There are so many winter improvements available today that 20 years ago we could only wish for. Things like toe covers, instead of cut off socks! jackets and pants designed to breathe and of course the studded tire. I have to say that from the moment they went on I knew that I had done the right thing. Arguably they are worth more than the bike but with them on I was able to get in a 40k ride with out fear of landing on my butt and that has to be worth something. So if you are still riding to work as if you are on marbles or worse have hung up the bike until spring give some studded tires a thought.

RS