Originally Posted by
arsprod
And what's frustrating is when there are small areas that require the studs but most of the paths are cleared and don't (speaking for my situation!).
Yes, that's pretty common for me as well. We had our last snow on Sunday. By this morning 95% of the pavement was clear. I still rode the studs for that 5%, but it was frustratingly slow in the areas where I didn't need them.
Every spring thaw I'm tempted to switch to my hybrid and escape the slow studded tires. And it seems every spring I switch a little too early and wind up crashing on some black ice I didn't see.
They're predicting a pretty good snow this weekend, so it'll be a while before I'm off the winter bike.