Winter Cycling - Anyone ever try this stuff?

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CrosseyedCrickt
11-29-06, 03:21 PM
http://www.tiregrip.com/purchase.asp

It's some sort of spray grip for shoes and tires. Looks kind of funky but might be useful. I might give it a try if I get bored one day and order some.

kill.cactus
11-30-06, 08:23 PM
I've seen something just like this product before. Basically what it was (or the product I saw that was intended to do the same thing) was a spray on bumpy surface. It was pretty thin and the bumps were made of tiny granules and the goopy stuff that held it together was a thin but rubbery black spray.

IDK if I'd like that on my bike tires - it would seem like hard cornering on dry pavement could actually make this substance to lose traction and thus have the tire lose traction because of the tiny bumps.
riedelmeister
11-30-06, 10:04 PM
Well, given the price.... what's the harm in trying. Right? But really, if better traction was that simple, then it would be implemented everywhere. This thread wouldn't even exist.

tsl
12-01-06, 07:27 AM
It seems to me that if their bullet point list of product features starts with the can (two sizes and recyclyable aluminum!) them what's inside can't be very good.