On dry city streets skinny road slicks have the best adhesion. In the snow they sink down to pavement and aren't that bad. Once the salting and plowing is done they're fine. Before that treaded cyclocross tires are great but snow gets cleared fast downtown and once on bare pavement they wear down quickly.
Mountain bike tires are too much resistance. Road tires are the best compromise in most conditions imho. Cheers, frank Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: >Very brave. Even in dry conditions a road bike with those thin tyres >can >easily slip when cornering. Potholes are a danger too. Here, most >recreational cyclists now ride mountain bikes which don't slide so >easily & >can better handle "imperfections" in the road suface. Unfortunately, >I'm >stuck with my road bike (which has little re-sale value) & decent >mountain >bikes are rather pricey. > >Alan C > >-----Original Message----- >From: knarf >Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:09 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: PESO - Snow Day > >It takes more than a few flakes of snow to stop Toronto's bike >messengers: > >http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/12/snow-day.html?m=1 > >Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > >Cheers, >frank >“Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. > > >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >protection is active. >http://www.avast.com > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
