Not much of a winter to write about here this year, but my favorite conditions to ride in during winter are days with no wind, temps above the single digits, and most importantly a consistent ground cover - icy, powder, or dry are all fine by me, what makes winter riding frustrating are the days when there's patches of ice, but not enough to make the studded tires useful, or the persistent patches of ice and deep wheel-catching ruts that the freeze-thaw cycle produces.