Friday I gave my new winter tires a proper test. I rode up the hill overlooking Brunnsviken’s Northern shore. I rode over snow and ice, and actually found that it was easier to bike on ice than snow. Snow tends to get kicked out from under the tires like dirt, whereas ice stays in place and provides a solid surface for the tires to grip.
The tires are Nokian Extreme 294s, and I picked them up at an Extreme Mountain Sports store on Cape Cod last Summer. I bought them for 75 USD apiece — on sale because there was no snow in Massachusetts at the time, and these two were the last pair in stock.
Here are a few photos of the new tires.
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2008-01-04
New winter tires
2007-07-17
A sunny swim at Brunnsviken
This afternoon I joined Eva at Café Sjöstugan for a cup of tea. We saw an injured female mallard there, and not sure what to do, called the police and asked them for recommendations on how to deal with an injured bird. They referred us to the local wildlife rescue folks, Viltjouren. We got in touch with them and let them know where to find the duck. Then we walked down to the shore to swim and get a bit of sun.
While there, we met an American girl named Heather and her two Swedish friends, Susanne and Anna. Heather is just wrapping up an extended visit to Sweden. She has been doing some epidemiology work at Karolinska Institutet. She will return home to San Francisco in a couple of days. It's always nice to chat with an American. Heather was also kind enough to take a photo of me and Eva.
Here are the eight photos from the lake.
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