Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

On a different note, are any of the local bike shops good about selling ready-for-winter-commuting bike setups, versus having summer ones you could change to 1x, add fenders to, change tires, etc?

I don't know of any who sell bike winter-ready, but Black Arrow Cycles (and others) obviously have summer commuters (rear internal hubs, fenders, racks), where you'd really only need to change the tires... To be honest, I'm not sure if any manufacturer sells bike with winter tires already installed.

And any shop would be happy to change your tires on a new bike.

That's if you think a change of tires is necessary...I do, but plenty of folks just ride the same tire year round.

Also, most of the shops around carry fat bikes, I know some people like those for winter...I think the traction is hard to beat.