I am saddened for you guys that have to put your bikes away for the winter... I'm glad I live in the south. Not to brag or anything, but I love not having to put the bike away, or even put funny tires on my car. We might get a week worth of really bad weather (snow/ice/coldwetstuff) and maybe two or three weeks worth of unrideable weather in the winter, but the rest of the time, with good cold weather gear, it's fine.