We can have hard packed snow on secondary streets for weeks, but the main arteries get cleared right away. Everything freezes at nite leaving ice patches. I know a guy in Manhattan with one of these http://www.aerostich.com/product.php?pr ... t=0&page=1
he has had good results commuting on studded tires all winter. Maybe I can get him to lend me the gun, it's real expensive.
Them Trellborgs look good, already studded, that saves a lot of work.
Someday I'm gonna live in Texas like Paul, ride year round....