For a year I only had studs on the front tire. Then one day I went to turn an icy corner, and when I pushed on the pedals, the non-studded rear tire slid out and I went down hard. Studs front and rear for me from now on. I just remember that when the studded tires are on, the studs can slide on really hard surfaces, so as long as the studs are on, I need to steer gently. I have had the same set of Nokian tires for probably 8 or 9 years now and they are still going strong. They are a little expensive up front, but are a great value for the added safety and their long life. Thanks, John Rider
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tim wong Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 4:18 PM To: Grant Foster Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] How was your commute today? 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. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Grant Foster <[email protected]> wrote: 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. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, STRAWSER, Charles <[email protected]> wrote: 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 -----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? _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these people?'" --Daniel Quinn
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