Originally Posted by loosemilk

Cool bike, and thanks for posting up the budget - it's interesting to see. I thought about building up a winterized bike this fall and actually began with a '90s trek MTB, but decided to just see if my regular ride will be able to handle it. I live in Chicago and do pretty much everything within a 5km radius of my apartment so I figured building a dedicated snow bike was overkill. Hope this bike works well for you.