Originally Posted by Ghazmh

Went out this morning just as the flurries started for a quick 21 miles. Cold for sure but the cold was easily tempered by my boots, BarMitts, balaclava and super warm Giro winter jacket. I rode my off season road bike with its Rene Herse 32’s and although I managed just fine I would have preferred the treads of my comparatively heavy Schwalbe Marathon Winter double row studded tires. Of coarse those are mounted on my Boone 7 cross bike. I doubt I’d have needed the studs but as mentioned they have a tread which I would have liked for the veneer of snow. Yesterday I was equally bundled up when I rode for 26 miles. As I warmed back up I put my Boone 7 on my stand and installed a fresh set of SRAM X01 ceramic bearing derailleur pulleys which are an upgrade over the stock SRAM Force pulleys. They kept binding up and when compared to the new pulleys were extremely worn out.