Originally Posted by daveizdum

I live in the Rocky mountains and have ridden through a foot of packed snow with ice underneath. This should be sufficiently wintery for anyone reading my post and contemplating whether I subjected myself to extreme or mild conditions. Making contact with the road is desirable but unnecessary.

I'm not trying to disprove anything or challenge Newtonian physics. I agree that studs do make a difference. The intention of my post is to raise a debate over the necessity of studded tires versus the assumption of necessity of studded tires. If you have them and love them, then use them. For those without them, wondering if they are needed on all bikes for every rider, my post was intended to tell one version of the other side of the story.