Have used both Nokian and Schwalbe studded tires. Prefer the Schwalbe as the tires seem to run smoother. Mostly on roads with occasional ice patches.
If you live in an area where studs are not needed, then Schwalbe Marathon Crosses might do. Semi open tread and fit well on a Sam Hillborne. My own way is putting my Hillborne indoors and going with a different bike with studs for the winter. Not the snow/ice, but the lack of maintenance and salt that keeps it inside. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Oct 28, 6:10 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > In my experience, the Nokian Hakka-something-or-other W240 (240 studs/ > tire) is really great on ice and not very good in moderate-to-heavy > snow. > > Check Peter White's site for good info regarding winter tire choice. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > On Oct 28, 3:40 pm, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> > wrote: > > > > > Yeah, we really need to know winter tires for where and what conditions. > > Is the OP in Florida or Fairbanks? > > > Steve (in Michigan where studded tires are near-mandatory) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com on behalf of Mike > > Sent: Thu 10/28/2010 4:25 PM > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Tires for the Winter > > > If you don't need tires with studs, the basic Schwalbe Marathons are a > > great way to go. Also pretty inexpensive. > > > --mike > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > winmail.dat > > 3KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
