In this icy weather there is a solution to getting about town without having to resort to walking on the road, namely screw shoes. By screwing short wood- or self-tapping screws into the soles of some old shoes you can transform them into footwear that offers traction on the most slippery of surfaces. Just make sure you don’t use screws that are long enough to pierce the inside of the shoe otherwise they might get a tad uncomfortable after the first step.
I’d like to say that I thought of this but I found it whilst looking for ways to make mountain biking in the snow slightly more practical, apparently it comes from the running world where traction in slippery conditions is almost as important as not having an SPD pedal full of ice.
