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01-26-2007, 12:44 PM

Josh Hassol <jhassol@rcn.com> wrote:
> On Jan 24, 5:14 pm, me <m...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>> Good Luck if you try it and let us know how it turned out.
>
> It was about 6F at 7:30 this morning, and getting windy. I decided to
> drive to the subway. Driving is boring, but warm. My biggest concern
> was not staying warm on the bike, but what would happen if I got a
> flat? In that kind of cold, a roadside tube change would be difficult
> if not impossible.

Marathon Plus tires help mightily with that. I've only changed one flat
on my commuter since I put them on Oct 2005. Thankfully that was less
than a mile from work, so I just walked the rest of the way and changed
it at my leisure while I was at work.

--
Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org
Human cardiac catheterization was introduced by Werner Forssman in 1929.
Ignoring his department chief, and tying his assistant to an operating
table to prevent her interference, he placed a ureteral catheter into
a vein in his arm, advanced it to the right atrium [of his heart], and
walked upstairs to the x-ray department where he took the confirmatory
x-ray film. In 1956, Dr. Forssman was awarded the Nobel Prize.

01-26-2007, 12:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
Dane Buson Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How cold is too cold? Josh Hassol <jhassol@rcn.com> wrote: > On Jan 24, 5:14 pm, me <m...@nowhere.com> wrote: > >> Good Luck if you try it and let us know how it turned out. > > It was about 6F at 7:30 this morning, and getting windy. I decided to > drive to the subway. Driving is boring, but warm. My biggest concern > was not staying warm on the bike, but what would happen if I got a > flat? In that kind of cold, a roadside tube change would be difficult > if not impossible. Marathon Plus tires help mightily with that. I've only changed one flat on my commuter since I put them on Oct 2005. Thankfully that was less than a mile from work, so I just walked the rest of the way and changed it at my leisure while I was at work. -- Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org Human cardiac catheterization was introduced by Werner Forssman in 1929. Ignoring his department chief, and tying his assistant to an operating table to prevent her interference, he placed a ureteral catheter into a vein in his arm, advanced it to the right atrium [of his heart], and walked upstairs to the x-ray department where he took the confirmatory x-ray film. In 1956, Dr. Forssman was awarded the Nobel Prize.