Originally Posted by
kiltedcelt
Yeah, I know I could just swap tires on the rims, but geez! Some of these tires, man the beads are so damn stiff it takes like an hour to swap tires.
some tires can be tougher than others, but it's never taken me an hour to swap tires.
Originally Posted by
kiltedcelt
I'd rather just have two sets of wheels. Especially since Chicago can be pretty unpredictable with the winter weather. It could be icy for three or four days and then nothing for three weeks. That whole time without ice you're tooling along potentially losing studs and of course the faster you go or more aggressive you ride on dry pavement with them, the more damage you do to the studs.
oh, now i see, you've only got one bike. that does make the studded tire thing a bit more challenging. for me, the studs typically go on my foul-weather bike in early december and stay on til late march/early april. for the warmer days during that stretch when the weather is good and ice isn't a threat, i can always hop on my fair-weather road bike.
btw, if you get good studded tires like nokians or schwalbes with the super-hard tungsten-carbide studs, riding around on dry pavement isn't gonna do much to them. those tungsten-carbide studs are
TOUGH. i rode on dry pavement A LOT with my marathon winters last season (because winter was so mild last year) and i only lost 3 or 4 studs between my two tires. and the missing studs can be replaced.
Originally Posted by
kiltedcelt
That being said, I'm hoping to get through this winter without needing to buy those studded tires and that second set of rims.
best of luck to you. i got my education on studded tires from the school of hard knocks (literally).
as the saying goes, you don't need studded tires until you do.
