YUCK. The remnants of last weekend's 16" snow, combined with a (relatively) warm 25-degree day, a big helping of road salt, and lots of road grime have made a sloppy mess. I haven't taken the 10 minutes necessary to put fenders on my new winter bike setup, so I got plenty dirty today. This is the sleeve of my waterproof shell that I wear for 4-5 months each year - now speckled with road puke.

My winter bike is a Schwinn Homegrown with Nokian Mount & Ground W160 studded snow tires. I scrubbed most of the slop off with some clean snow this morning. Gotta get fenders on this thing...

MORNING RIDE (7.3 miles)
Temperature: 26 degrees F
Skies: Cloudy
Bike Path Conditions: Still crappy (not plowed down to asphalt)... so I stayed on the road this morning.
Road Conditions: Dirty slushy slop. No problem to ride in, but it's all over my bike and gear. Yuck.
Route Map: www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1504066

EVENING RIDE (6 miles)
Temperature: 25 degrees F
Weather: Overcast
Bike Path Conditions: Range from crappy to unrideable.
Road Conditions: More dirty slushy slop.