Originally Posted by
gregf83
Thanks. Those would probably last me a lifetime as there are only a handful of days in a year I'd actually use them. Do the studs last as long as the tires if you ride mostly on pavement or would they need to be replaced?
I haven't ridden studs (for a while!) but I hear from everyone that carbide studs last basically forever but steel ones wear out fairly fast. (Roofing nail studs wear quite fast. At least the roofing nails of 40 years ago.) There's at least one thread here (Winter Cycling I believe) on studs. Givewn how much the tires cost, it seems to me that carbide is the way to go.
Ben