Dog is my copilot.
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Bikes: Lemond Maillot Jaune, Specialized Stumpjumper, Kona Jake the Snake, Single-Speed Rigid Rocky Mtn Equipe, Soon-to-be fixed Bianchi Brava
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Right now my commute involves 8.5 km of dry pavement and 1.5 km of snow-covered ice on a narrow-switchback downhill. I'm still on 700x28c slicks at 80 PSI. The time saved on the dry pavement far outweighs the loss of traction on the ice. I just have to take the DH a little slower (no leaning into corners). If you're a nervous rider on ice, studs all the way, but if you can handle the patches then studs will just be annoying on the dry pavement. Once winter is really here (when all the roads are completly covered with snow and ice in Calgary) I'll switch to knobbies, but still find studs too slow.