Originally Posted by
hubcap
You have very little clue about what you are talking - right?
It's always interesting when someone who doesn't appear to know what they're talking about complains that someone else doesn't know what they're talking about.
Originally Posted by
hubcap
so i wont be missing the aggressive knobs found on the Nokian tires
um - where did you get this idea? Nokian has been offering studded tires with less agressive tread than Shwalbe for uhm - yes - forever.
Where did you get the idea that Nokian has been offering these supposed tires? Nokian only makes exactly 1 studded tire with a less aggressive tread than the Schwalbe Marathon Winter - the A10. And it has a poor reputation for handling anything more than occasional ice (for which it's decent, but it's suited for more "I want to be protected because it's possible there might be some ice somewhere", whereas the Schwalbe is suited for "my entire route is covered in ice and these tires can handle it").
Originally Posted by
hubcap
I have ridden in all forms of winter muck and I find that an aggressive winter tire is far more appealing than something less.
I have Nokian Extreme 294 - a very knobby studded winter tire, 2.1". It is noticeably slower than my other bike with the Schalbe Marathon Winters on it. It feels slower, but also I've ridden with my dad several times - with the Schwalbes I'm always out ahead of him, pushing the pace. With the Nokian Extremes I'm behind him, often asking him to slow up a bit.