Originally Posted by
love.the.smell
Um, just go buy some proper studded tires for christ's sake. They're expensive, but they're made properly and you could probably run them tubeless. The real carbide studs will wear much, much longer than some cheap screws.
I think we have already covered the DIY vs commercial and this thread is about rolling your own and the feedback I have received from those who have taken workshops and built their own has been nothing but positive... do it right and a DIY tyre might last until the casing wears outs.
I ran some Marathon studded tyres on my folder last year and these are very good, I could pop wheelies on ice and when the front wheel came back down it was almost at a full stop... they are not as pleasant to ride in a straight line when there is no ice because their studs are too close to centre.
These were gifts from a friend... otherwise one is looking at roughly $160.00 to purchase these. $160.00 buys a lot of screws.