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11-27-05, 11:46 AM
Are there any tires that are good for slush?
On city roads which have been plowed, the main part of the road is generally dry or wet, and regular bicycle tires are fine. But closer to the curb, where the bicyclists are, there is slush (and isolated dense of snow dropped from cars, and mounds.)
All the information I can find online regarding winter tires always points to studs. But aren't those generally illegal on bare pavement? And they reduce your contact patch with the road.
Are there tires that are good at not collecting snow/slush between the ridges of the tread?
I find going through slush at highspeed a bit risky, it's easy for the front tire to slide. Sometimes I'm forced to plow through dense chunks and they deflect my front tire as well.
Of course I generally try to avoid these patches, but as it is... there's hardly room for bicyclists in the first place.
On city roads which have been plowed, the main part of the road is generally dry or wet, and regular bicycle tires are fine. But closer to the curb, where the bicyclists are, there is slush (and isolated dense of snow dropped from cars, and mounds.)
All the information I can find online regarding winter tires always points to studs. But aren't those generally illegal on bare pavement? And they reduce your contact patch with the road.
Are there tires that are good at not collecting snow/slush between the ridges of the tread?
I find going through slush at highspeed a bit risky, it's easy for the front tire to slide. Sometimes I'm forced to plow through dense chunks and they deflect my front tire as well.
Of course I generally try to avoid these patches, but as it is... there's hardly room for bicyclists in the first place.