Originally Posted by
dscheidt
studs aren't any worse than knobby tires on dry or just wet pavement. And most places, predicting whether you'll have dry, wet, or ice the entire commute, both ways, is pretty well impossible.
Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
Yep, I use Nokian Mount and Ground and love them. However, fast cornering on clear pavement is 'slippery'. By fast, I mean ~20 mph when you lean the bike into the turn, the studs contact the road and the rubber doesn't - and then the tires gets squirrelly.
I bike-commute through Minneapolis winters, and I won't ride without studded tires. OP asked about "
hilly twisty commute" and I want to make it clear, on fast curves on clear pavement, studded tires can be slippery - more slippery than any of my summer knobby tires.