Originally Posted by
arsprod
I had the same experience with my first set of studs, Nokian 160's. Someone told me to try Schwalbe Marathon Winters (NOT Schwalbe Winter, Marathon Winter) and the skies opened and the angels sang! The Marathons have studs closer to the sidewall - night and day difference for me.
I think right now I'm running Nokian 106s. I used to run Nokian 240s and those were admittedly better on ice. They had a ton of resistance on dry pavement though, so when they wore out I decided to try the 106s. I'll probably go back to something more aggressive next time around, as I haven't been as happy with the 106s on ice, and really they don't roll a ton better on dry pavement either.