My ride home was all after dark. The MVT didn’t have too many issues before 6 pm, a couple of slushy spots and the wooden walkway at Roosevelt Island/Bridge was slick. There were areas of standing water where there is always water after a rain. Depending on tonight’s low, those may be ice covered in the morning.
The 4MRT from the airport to Shirlington had a couple small slushy stretches. The W&OD from Shirlington to George Mason was basically just wet, but from George Mason to Columbia Pike it had more slush. Then from Columbia Pike to Wilson Blvd, it basically had about a half inch of snow or slush. The wooden bridges in Glencarlyn and Bluemont had a good coating of snow that was starting to get packed down by foot and bike traffic. I felt my rear tire (700×35 semi-slick) start to spin on a couple and I wasn’t pushing very hard. From Wilson to Ohio there seemed to be less snow/slush, but there was still a good snow cover on the bridge just before the Custis intersection.
Again, the conditions in the morning will depend on the overnight temperatures. It’s 34 right now in my back yard in Dominion Hills, a degree warmer in the past hour and a half. I’m going to wait and see what things look like when I get up at 5 am before deciding to mount the studded tires.
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