who doesn't like studs

Esp for winter commutes. So nice to have this morning.

The way home there were only a few spots where they were really helpful. One loooong stretch was the washington bridge.

It was deep with drifted snow and was a challenge to ride through. Brought back memories of last year. Last year was without the trailer and a day like today would have been fast and fun. Bumpy and a challenge but with the tires traction was never an issue and it wasn't that slow.

Today. With the trailer? Oof was really tough to keep headway with the 46x23, esp after spinning my brains out at the US Open Cycling Federation's velosprints over lunch (knocked half a second off my 500m time from 2 weeks ago). Made it through though. Trailer plowed through some deep drifts with the left wheel, but it was a decent ride home. Studs are loud and I have a slight fender rub to address and when the rear tire picks up extra packed snow it can jam. These fenders are really boderline for a tire this big (35c Schwalbe Marathon Winter)  Esp on this bike.  But hey. My feet were dry when I got home.  I like that.

Tomorrow is a car day.  Can't get to demo the other SEM scope in time on the bike, so I have to resort to the MF aka Rusty Race Wagon...  and with the rain potentially dumping on us tonight (so happy to not have any precipitation on my commute today) and temps staying warm for a while here's to hoping it all disappears leaving nice clean dry roads for Thursday.

Why Thursday? we'll see...  might be long ride time.

okay - got some other stuff like food but i might save that for a bit...

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