[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Great, you have studded tires and you've taken the necessary precautions.

You having a few bolts loose for riding in winter conditions has very little to do with you specifically and very much to do with the environment in which you're riding and the risk you're subjecting yourself to. People drive like idiots and winter only makes this more obvious. But at least in summer, there's no chance of them hitting ice and sliding into you.

I don't really see how that's any different than driving in the winter.

Besides, honestly how many days per year are the roads (especially in downtown) really that treatcherous?

I just started riding to work this summer and I'm actually planning on buying a mountiain bike so i can continue in the winter. I doubt I'll ride when it's less than -10 and I probably won't ride after a major dump of snow (when the roads/pathways will be by far at their worse), I'm pretty sure that still means I'll be able to ride about 90% of the time.