Originally Posted by
cyccommute
If you have a few thousand pounds to push it into the steel,it might. With a couple of hundred pounds? Nope. The studs are going to skate right over the surface and water is going to act like oil.
The Chicago Department of Mysterious Holes in Streets is very fond of using 3/4" thick steel plates to cover Mysterious Holes in Streets, so I get to ride over them more often than i'd care too. They're slippery as snot when wet, and studs don't help. They don't really hurt, either, though, assuming you've got normal tires that are mostly rubber. If they're covered in ice, studs work great...