Though the main roads are clear, there has been enough ice around since Saturday to make getting out of my road tricky. It shows no sign of disappearing soon - if anything, it's been getting worse as any snow that thaws just re-freezes as slick ice. It seems defeatist that all the advice here is just to give up riding in such conditions when people in other places cope with much worse - I can't help feeling that this is a pretty simple traction problem in need of a technical fix. Since it's evidently possible to pull wheelies on solid ice with the right kit, there must be a way for me to safely get to the end of my road!
OK, so spiked tyres are probably not the right thing for our relatively moderate and more variable conditions, but perhaps "snow claws" are just the thing:
