Studded tires are great for snow and ice. I could be wrong but I imagine that snow and ice tends not to stick around for a long time in West Virginia. The continental winter contact tire is a good alternative if you deal with snow and ice only sometimes.

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Here in Iowa, I have studded tires on one bike and the conti winter contact tires on another. I use the studded tires when the roads are pretty bad; otherwise I use the bike with the winter contact tires.