Originally Posted by
NormanF
Studded tires are expensive and unnecessary unless you live in a place where snow will remain on the ground six months of the year.
Definitely disagree, good ones make black ice rideable (for less $$ than a bus pass or car maintenance).
Not a fan of those nokian a10s, the rubber is awful, they have less traction (studs and all) in the wet parts of the black ice zone (30-35F say) than non-studded marathon supremes. I use 35mm marathon winters for black ice season.
I have a friend who is a municipal fleet manager and he swears by nokians for the winter for his rigs.