Winter Studded Tires
08-09-16, 02:01 PM
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I could probably get away without studs if I only rode on certain days. However, there are days when the roads are covered with ice and I have hills. Even the studs are skidding on the ice, and I would have a hard time walking. I wouldn't want to try it without studs. On those days you absolutely need both front and rear, otherwise the rear would just spin and never move you.
I had a day where I was riding down a large parking lot which is slightly downhill. This was "pre-studs" for me. The bike slid out from under me, somehow I got a foot down, stayed up, then put my other foot down, still sliding. So basically I was standing up sliding down a hill with the bike on it's side between my legs. We slid for a good 50 feet or so until we reached the bottom of the hill. I... walked my bike the rest of the way home. (Only a few hundred yards at that point.)
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