I decided to start a new thread for my tire chains. It started out with using zip ties (which sucked, made turning more dangerous) and then moved to chains. I put a set on my front wheels and then made a set for my rear after how well it worked. It took me a couple of tries to get it right but I made a set I can take off easily and use again and again. I'm going to mirror this set for the front wheel so they are both the same.

Here is the front wheel -



This is the rear wheel -





And the final product -




- Yes, I noticed that link as well, I fixed it so no worries ^

I haven't ridden on the rear tire with the chains yet, but I'll report back on how well they work. We have a lot of patches of pressed snow that acts like ice around here, so turning is pretty dangerous. With the front chains I was able to make sharper turns but I could certainly feel the back slipping around, especially with the panniers on.


And in case anybody is going to try this, I'll put this in so google can bring it up if they search. I noticed several people who did this did not put their tire size and how many chains it took and what not, so here is mine - The tires are 29", I used 18 segments that go around the tire, each segment has 8 links on it. There are also 18 connections between the tire links, they are each 7 links in length. The chain I use has about 3 links in 2 inches. The measurement for the links that go around the tire itself are 144 links, or 8 feet work of chain. The measurement for the links that go around the rim side are 144 links per side, totaling 288 links, or 16 feet. Each tire will need a total of 24 feet of chain, which comes to be about $13, at .50 cents a foot.