Originally Posted by
Machka
If you live in an area where they are good about clearing the streets and the pavement is mostly bare and dry all winter (i.e. Winnipeg), you can easily get away without studded tires.
This is very true, and not emphasized enough, IMO.
But the studs
are nice when you want to ride off the main streets, and for the commute home when snow has been falling all day.