Originally Posted by
majmt
Yeah, looking at the close-ups, it does look like those orange pads are hard material so siping may not be very effective. Sure, those fat spikes should work but I would be concerned about the damage they could do to wooden stairs or walkways.
I'm concerned about falling and taking physical damage. I'll happily sacrifice the wood.
Originally Posted by
staehpj1
Spikes are easy enough to install and remove that wearing or not wearing them is easy enough to do based on the ride or the weather. I doubt most folks would want to remove them just to go into a store, but it would be possible. The short spikes the OP is using could probably be used indoors with some care to keep the heels down and not let the toes dig in.
You are correct. The plan is to use them only on or immediately after rain/snow.