Originally Posted by
krobinson103
made my own. They work great but on really slick black
ice they are worse than useless. One spot that never thaws is best avoided. A bit of unpacked snow over saidr however gives.me greater grip with mtb tires with screws added in the valleys. Can't afford commercial tires but my oeffort gets me hrough 90 percent of the winter conditions here.
Commercial tires such as Nokians and Schwalbes work great on black ice...I have experimented with homemade tires made with screws and they were good on the icy trails but horrible on pavement, they also wore out very fast, were too heavy, and had too much rolling resistence.