Introductions - Well, look what the google dragged in...

Hullo folks,

I was looking for a source of winter (stud) tyres on google and came across this place. Seems an interesting place with some friendly conversations so I thought I'd pull up a chair and join in.

Getting back into commuting now after a break of a couple of years, ride 10 miles each way on my ex-racer with straight bars and a dynohub and 150psi 700x20 tyres - potholes are not my friends. Also inflict some erosion to the mountains, some weekends on foot and other weekends on my Pace F7, a beautiful piece of British engineering.

So hello to all, I'm Richard.

Helloooooooooooo Richard!

That's a nice intro! Welcome to the forums, and I hope you find all your winter problems solved here!

Koffee

Hello:)

Welcome to the forums! There is lots of good info and discussion going on here.

'bent Brian

Thanks guys, very civilised of you

R

Hi Richard, I'm sometimes civil, sometimes not. I like having a pint and giving semi-educated advice and making bad jokes.

Nokkian make studded tires, and seem well liked by members. I ride knobbied mtb tires all year, all conditions, even road.

You can corner fine on them road...If you get the right ones, and don't mind a buzz all the time.

Do you ride a road bike? Not sure what a 'Pace' is. I ride a Ritchey mtb. Kinda historic or something as a builder.

I know very little about snow\ road tires, though I believe last winter a member named those big chunks of black snow that fall from car wheel wells "car turds' and that really made me laugh.

Peace=
>jef.

Hey Jeff, check out www.Pace-racing.co.uk for the details of the loveliest of things, some tubes are square externally butted tubing building up into a whole which rides like it's filled with helium. I ride onroad, offroad and sometimes load up the panniers to tour and yeah I eventually found a source of the Nokian tyres which I'll put on my 26" wheel tourer for winter commute

Cheers,
R

In fact, I'll try to attach a photo of it (& note the Ritchey chainset) though Mac files sometimes have a problem clambering onto this interweb thing. Here goes nothing...

In fact, I'll try to attach a photo of it (& note the Ritchey chainset) though Mac files sometimes have a problem clambering onto this interweb thing. Here goes nothing...

Whooo, another Macintrash user!

And nice shiny thingie you got there. :P