I agree... I had those tires on until CM last month and then swapped them out immediately afterwards (first real snowfall). These are for the ice race in a couple weeks though... so no snow just ice. I suppose if I'm going to the trouble to build them then I might as well make a set I can take for a tear out on the lakeshore trail or grenadier pond though.

I actually had a set of those MEC studded tires once, but my girlfriend at the time was more into neat and tidy than cycling and convinced me to give away a large portion of my tire collection. She's gone now, but unfortunately so are the tires!