I was thinking about what to carry on the morning commute, in order to minimize weight. If I'm bringing my padlock for the gym locker, I might as well bring a cable for the bike, right? I have that huge black cable from when I was in high school... But it's so heavy. What about a lesser cable just for short-term use? I started doing some ( Read more... )

Snow chains, though... are overrated.

Not only do they fail to magically make snow problems go away, but... 30 MPH max? Perhaps I simply made the mistake of buying the box marked "loser" rather than "high speed & easy to install"... And what a horrendous noise they make.