Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
There is also the gratification one feels when the roads have gone to hell and you are out-accelerating cars from stop lights and blowing past those folks who thought they could manage without studded tyres...
I eagerly look forward to that fun
Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
I don;t like commercial tyres as they run their studs down the centre and if you are upright and riding straight, you don't need studs there.
I wonder if this is also a function of tire width. I have always ran narrower tires (because that's what I can use on my bike) and I find that I'm fine as long as I'm upright and straight but I can't really pedal or brake on ice without starting to skid. I don't have that problem with the studded tires and the studs are almost dead center in the middle as you said, but they're still relatively narrow tires 700x35c.
Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
I'd take my DIY tyres over any commercial tyre... the new tyres I made up for my extra-bike cost me $20.00 for the set.
DIY studded tires are currently way too DIY for me. I'm at the point where I have to fight with myself to put air in my tires
I probably don't know enough about it, but just thinking of screwing things into my tires makes me terrified of getting all sorts of flats where I won't be able to blame anyone but myself.