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01-06-11 | 03:08 PM

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Baldone

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Just South West of you in Salt Lake

I have the Marathon Winters 700X35 similar commute but main roads with three subdivisions two optional. My personal subdivision is the worst and I am just not use to my front tires sliding around at all but if I hit any ruts I find myself in a Moab on the sand type experience. Could be fun in Moab not fun if I fall in front of a truck or on the ice along with all my biking/work crap yet traffic is not a large issue in subdivisions. Haven't fallen yet but it seems a possibility. I was never a great technical rider but I am feeling more confident each time, and trying to just keep peddling. The worst situation is when someone has snow blown/thrown their snow on top of the hardened snow, very unstable up front.

Thin snow, slush and ice seem fine. I haven't trained myself yet to aim for the ice patches when in the snow. I am taking the lane a lot now as sometimes the side of the road is just not ride able. I also wish there were more bikes out there. I have only ran into and talk with one other guy commuting this season and it is my first winter doing a commute.

If I felt I could justify it and that they would have fit I might have tried the 700x40 and something big and nasty in Nokian. I went for fast and hopefully adjustable ride with pressure. I initially went 60lbs front and 80lbs rear; I haven't touched the pressure in two weeks. I am also impressed by the construction of these tires they are well built, and I wanted the reflective sidewall. They do feel slow, normally ride on a road bike at 700x28 Conti gators. No room for anything bigger. Really wonder what the A10 could have been like what is their max PSI?

Fingers and toes still get cold under 20F but that’s another thread.

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Originally Posted by cachehiker

This is my 2nd winter with them. I have a 10 mile commute, 7-10 blocks of which involve dead end streets, a seldom used road, a private road, and bike paths that only get plowed after the vehicle traffic has packed all the snow down. The first of these blocks is the street I live on. This is a desert though so there isn't usually any deep snow on these streets, just a series of icy patches ranging from a few feet to maybe 30 feet long. The A10 rolls quick for a studded tire and offers just enough traction on ice for me to recover before I completely lose it. I give them two thumbs up. I've also got Kenda Klondike 2.1's for the odd occasions when I need to ride with more than an inch or so of snow on the ground.

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