Originally Posted by
solveg
Let's say you only ride during the day, and can see ice much of the time. Let's say you go nice and slow.
In this situation, deep tread tires are best for road and snow. The studs are only good on ice, and they don't work as well as the deep treads on road and snow.
So I'm thinking I don't need studded tires...
My studded tires, and many others are deep tread knobbies with studs. They ride similar to other knobbies in the snow. (The tire makers know snow and ice go together
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There is practically an infinite number of different kinds of ice, and ice and snow combination conditions. Some ice you can ride without studs, some kinds are impossible without studs. No one knows what kind of ice you will get. You may never need studs, you may fall tomorrow because you don't have them. Who knows? I have one bike with studs on it all the time and many without them. Just switching to another bike makes things simple and easy.