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Old 10-28-15 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by JWLeach
This needs to be done. Michigan will have a new winter sport. To hell with the fat bike craze.
I'm kinda hoping it doesn't get cold enough here in NJ!

Okay, so for the rear wheel... I suspect if you took an old steel rimmed wheel, removed the tire and tube, and rode it on rough pavement for a mile or two, you'd rough up the surface enough that it would get excellent traction on ice.
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