brass monkeys

it cold outside, it well below freezing point, frozen bottle, went to meet the ctc there was 6 out, that was the shortest club run i ever seen 100 meters, so i went out by my self got a good 20 miles in, main roads are ok, busy B roads were ok, riding stubbed tyres i turned off the busy B roads and did a few miles over the oaks,
do not know and i can not see why these riders do not get a set of studded tyres as the machine they ride can take a 35mm tyre, easy,
i look at it like this, it a bit safer to have a set of tyres to be able to hold the road in this kind of weather, ok you pay for them (price and rolling drag) and that what i think is why you dont see the ctc rider riding them PRICE PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS