Studded tires still in demand

No April fool's joke here, it snowed last night. I was serious when I said I wouldn't even consider taking off the studded tires until April 1st. I'm a little tired of riding the studs on dry pavement, but today made it all worth it. I was very glad to have the studs on during this mornings icy, snow covered street commute. We ended up with a couple of inches. Nothing like the 4-8 inches areas to the south of us received. But it was enough to make for very slippery conditions. Eight hours later when I left work there was barely a sign that this snow fall even happened. It had melted and the streets had dried in the sun.

Now I have to decide when the studs come off. It may be another week or two. The average low temperature is still at 26F degrees. But if it remains dry, I may have the studs off in a week or less. Thinking back, it was just three years ago we had a snow day in mid-April. So it can still get bad. I just have to decide when it's no longer worth riding the studded tires in the chance there might be one more isolated snow event.

March wrap-up: The month started out as a really low mileage month for me. At the halfway point I only had 210 miles in. I was really slacking. Yesterday I finished the month with 516 miles and a total for 2008 of 1,651 miles so far. Looking back I realized I have more miles in so far this year than I did at this point the last two. Those two being my highest mileage years ever at 8,500 and 7,500 miles. Amazing to me, because this year I feel like I've been taking it really easy. I guess all the riding I've done has just become part of my lifestyle.