2 stud wheels, Hakkapelita 700x32. Only slip on the salted snow...
Dave
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> From: tim wong <[email protected]>
>To: Grant Foster <[email protected]>
>Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bikies] How was your commute today?
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>just out of curiosity, how many people use studs on both tires and how many on
>just the front? I'm a "just the front" guy and have felt myself sliding about
>three times in the seven years or so I've had them.
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>On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Grant Foster <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Agree on the studded tires front. It's just not worth it. Conditions were
>pretty decent this morning compared to last night. Last night things were
>pretty much glare ice on the sidewalks and paths. I was fine on my bike, but
>had a heck of a time staying up when I tried walking.
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>>On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, STRAWSER, Charles <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
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>>I rode in from the near east side to the west side of campus with no problems
>>at all.
>>>I do have studded ice tires (so I didn't plan on taking the bus in either
>>>direction), but it probably could have been ridden without them.
>>>
>>>I'm just unwilling these days to take the chance that I *probably* won't go
>>>down on some ice, so I used studded tires from the first snow until March,
>>>usually.
>>>I don't really understand why most people who ride in the winter or want to
>>>ride in the winter don't use them (ok, as far as I know nobody makes studded
>>>tires to fit your 40 year old British bike, Mitch, but for most people there
>>>are tires to fit their bikes). And, yes, the tires are quite expensive (for
>>>bike tires anyway) initially, but since I've used one pair through more than
>>>15 winters, I'd say they're pretty reasonable in the long run. I'd recommend
>>>spending $50 or less on the bike you're going to ride through winter - and
>>>then spending twice that on tires (which will probably outlive the rest of
>>>the components on a winter bike).
>>>c
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [email protected]
>>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mitchell Nussbaum
>>>Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 10:17 AM
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Subject: [Bikies] How was your commute today?
>>>
>>>Based on the news reports, I expected bike riding to be sheer hell this
>>>morning. I figured that the roads would be rideable on the way home, so I
>>>got out my bike and planned to put it on the bus for the ride to work.
>>>
>>>But when I got outside, I found that conditions weren't all that bad. The
>>>residential streets in my neighborhood were icy, but the ice had a lot of
>>>texture and my unstudded tires had plenty of traction. And the major streets
>>>were fine -- wet and occasionally slushy -- and the bike paths were OK.
>>>
>>>So my commute from the near west side was pretty good. How were things in
>>>other parts of the city?
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