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Old 11-12-2019, 12:38 PM
Jaybee Jaybee is offline
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Originally Posted by CNY rider View Post
How do you get to work? Bike path or roads?
I try to bike commute year round, but it's on winding narrow country roads.
Often times the limiting factor isn't my ability to ride in the conditions, it's my sense of how safe the cars around me will be.
Today is a perfect example. We had some freezing rain overnight followed by an inch of snow. I have winter tires on my bike (Michelin something or another, have also had the Contis in the past) and I think I would have been fine.....but I have no confidence in the cars around me being able to navigate those conditions in a way that keeps me safe.
It's a mix of quiet residential streets with wide bike lanes, MUP, and about 1000 ft of singletrack. When I have time and the weather allows, I add an additional 3-6 miles of singletrack.

I also wouldn't ride in places that presented significant exposure to fast moving cars in slippery conditions - don't blame you there.
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