Old 11-02-19, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 3S1M
One thing that hit me while shopping for tires for my car. I've heard a few different times that car tires are designed to let snow pack in the tread cuz they say "snow on snow" gives you better traction. Seems a bit counter-intuitive but it also sort of makes sense. I'm not sure how that would translate to bikes.
Your theory is wrong and doesen't apply to bikes....For deeper snow and slush you need tires with aggressive tread....Even some winter specific bike tires such as Marathon Winters and Continental Winter suck in deeper snow because they lack aggressive tread.
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