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@jersey
i'd suggest that few of you ride your bikes through winter like you claim you do, and it's certainly not in the wilderness on a snowy packed down single track at night with a wolf in the back howling at the full moon while you take your ridiculous bike to the next lean-to.
any old bike does http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4_eOaikLMA
in the winter.
I live here. We get about 120 inches of snow a year and it stays aroun -15 degrees. i ride my shitty IRO year round with coaster brakes and a basket.
those bikes are intended for morons.