I was at the Hangover Hare Scramble in Romney, WV on Jan 3, 2010. The day started out cold. I mean cold. Like really bloody cold. Did I mention it was windy … and cold. During the 2 hour drive out there I was seeing 11 degrees as the temperature. The winds were gusting to about 35 mph. Steady at probably 15-20 mph. This was not a friendly way to wake up and have to load the truck.

So the registration line was fairly short. But it was still painful. Everybody was huddled and wondering what they were doing trying to ride in the cold conditions. There was snow and ice everywhere. I saw guys trying to ride in the parking area. It wasn’t pretty. They were sliding everywhere. No traction to be had.

Luckily, I had been watching the forecast and reading the web site. They had said that ice studs or screws were going to be allowed. So I had done a bit of research and was sporting about 550 half inch screws in the knobbies of my tires. Traction was decent enough to ride. Yes, you were going to be on a bike sliding a bit, but it was controllable.
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