Hey Mat! Will nailed it. Studs are the way to go for significant glazed snow pack and smooth ice, but at quite a price. For my winter riding where I live glaze and sheet ice are largely avoidable via picking a different line, walking a section, taking a less traveled route, or simply waiting for it it either snow or melt, so I stick with plush knobbies. In general I encounter glaze and sheet on the trail (easily walked around) or on the forrested backroads in town that don't get plowed (I take the MUP). Worth noting is that snowpack and glaze can look similar with low angle sun, so knowing the conditions (temp, history of temp and snow) and feel (easily assessed with fixed, hard with free wheel) goes a long way to knowing what you'll encounter. Wisconsin conditions are likely different than alpine Colorado, with longer stretches of cold that facilitate glaze on well trafficked roads. Given a day or two around here, most glaze and sheet ice are either melted or snowed over (give time for the snow to amalgamate with the ice beneath), so a near non-issue.
With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 10:42:45 AM UTC-7, William deRosset wrote: > > Dear Matt, > > Studded snows are the only effective answer to glare or black sheet ice. > They are heavy tires with stiff casings to support the studs, and are > horrible to ride on clear pavement as a result. I hate to ride them until I > desperately need them. > > For other snowbound conditions (slush, loose snow, car snot, most ruts) > widely-spaced knobbies with light casings are better-riding. > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M deRosset > Fort Collins CO USA > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dca6a564-1da5-4683-89c6-ee173baaf0f2%40googlegroups.com.
