Originally Posted by
Slaninar
I just got an old MTB that will become a dedicated winter ride. How deep threaded tyre does one need on roads that are plowed, on flat ground? Can Schwalbe Marathon Winter tyres be enough, or would something more extreme like Nokian W240 be necessery?
What is your experience: will 47 wide tyres be significantly more rideable in 5 cm deep snow than 35 mm wide ones?
The 240 and Marathon W will both be very adequate tyres for cleared roads... I prefer the 26 for it's higher volume and better ride quality on what tends to be much rougher road surfaces in the winter.
There is not a lot of difference between a 37 and 45... narrower tyres have a better ability to dig down and bite through snow while wider tyres offer more float and in the spring when we have a lot of slush and softer snow find that riding on narrower cross tyres really helps with this.