We don't get a lot of snow here (despite what most people expect from Canada) and thankfully our roads are not usually salted (though sometimes they put sand down), so winters here are not too challenging to accommodate for year-round riding. A few weeks ago I pulled down the bin of gloves and caps and dug out several pairs of gloves of varying thicknesses. My go-to combo is thin merino liners underneath buckskin gloves. I find this works well to a little below freezing, which covers 90% of my needs. I also pull out the thick wool socks which I wear under my 2-layer Blundstones.
For bikes, it's just tire swaps and I switch from dry to wet lube. My errand bike, a Raleigh Twenty from the early 70s, runs Schwalbe GT365 year round which do well enough in the snow. My rigid mountain bike, a Stooge Scrambler, has a spare front wheel with 2.8" studded tire in storage for if things get real icy. My all-road bike, the Hillborne, goes from slick tires to G-One knobbies. The Bombadil stays the same, it's pretty much always ready for anything. And my last bike was the Crust Wombat until a week ago, but now I'm mostly done building a Crust Evasion with 26x2.8 WTB Rnagers which will make a damn fine winter bike! I am quite looking forward to having disc brakes in the bad weather, as much as I prefer the look and modulation of rim brakes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e232774c-2b9f-4b35-b210-5bcfd8da4ef8n%40googlegroups.com.
