Well, I ordered a replacement tire today due to frequent flatting. As an experiment, I'd put in a new Schwabe tube the last week of December and here it is mid-January and 300 miles later and its flatted already after three weeks of commuting. You can see that the abrasions on the tube are spaced similar to the stud spacing, and on the inner tire casing you can see the fissures where the studs break through to the inside, plus last year's solution of putting a tube patch on the casing as well, but not worth the trip to put on one every stud location. Can't complain to much as I've five seasons wear on the tire, but it's a shame when there's so much tread left, thinking to yank out all the studs and try it as fair weather tire in the summer but worried the cracks in the casing will continue to pinch the tube even without the studs.
