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I'm in the Boston Massachusetts area and we've had a very cold winter this year. A nearby Lake,
Quannopowitt, has a very smooth ice surface after a rainstorm last weekend. For the past week I've
been enjoying the ride around the lake with Nokian 296's. Two days ago we had 3" of light powder
snow. It's made the trip around more difficult but the ride is surreal. I can only hear a faint hum
from the tires. It's about 3 miles around and I've made 8 laps so far. Only fell once. After the
snowfall, I couldn't see a crack in the ice and it dropped me. Got a little squirrelly sometimes
when I've tried to make figure eights, slaloming around my previous path in the snow. Can't get too
aggressive with the turns. The occasional crunch of thin ice at air pockets gets my attention,
pedal a little faster thru those areas ;-) I'll be glad to see the spring come but I'll miss the
quiet rides.
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Quannopowitt, has a very smooth ice surface after a rainstorm last weekend. For the past week I've
been enjoying the ride around the lake with Nokian 296's. Two days ago we had 3" of light powder
snow. It's made the trip around more difficult but the ride is surreal. I can only hear a faint hum
from the tires. It's about 3 miles around and I've made 8 laps so far. Only fell once. After the
snowfall, I couldn't see a crack in the ice and it dropped me. Got a little squirrelly sometimes
when I've tried to make figure eights, slaloming around my previous path in the snow. Can't get too
aggressive with the turns. The occasional crunch of thin ice at air pockets gets my attention,
pedal a little faster thru those areas ;-) I'll be glad to see the spring come but I'll miss the
quiet rides.
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