Whats a good snow tire for fixed?
12-22-08, 09:20 AM
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Whats a good snow tire for fixed?
Just as the title says, What tires are you guys riding in the white stuff? Is there any width better than nother? My Pake will accept no bigger than a 25c but im riding Conti Gatorskins in the 23c variety right now. I also have a Surly Steamroller that I am building up right now and have yet to choose a tire for that. So, what are you guys running?
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Well.. you're hozed... No-one, to my knowledge, makes a studded tire, or a lugged tire at anything less than 30(ish). You can get a good cross tire that starts at 32mm and goes up. But not anything less.
edit: on preview. What lollerskatez said. You won't be able to fit anything with decent tread in the pake.
edit edit: to answer your last question, I'm running Nokian 45s studded on my FG cross bike, they work pretty well.
edit: on preview. What lollerskatez said. You won't be able to fit anything with decent tread in the pake.
edit edit: to answer your last question, I'm running Nokian 45s studded on my FG cross bike, they work pretty well.
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Thanks for the suggestions. One more question. I know its been asked before but how big a tire will fit on the Surly? Some studded tires sound quite nice.
12-22-08, 12:26 PM
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12-22-08, 01:37 PM
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I put some 700x32 conti twisters on my steamroller for winter riding and they work really well and it seems if I wanted to go a little larger I could but I may run some full fenders soon so I wanted the extra clearance.
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Nokian 106's will fit on a Steamroller.
https://www.suomityres.fi/w106.html
I rode two winters on 106's and they work well in everything except frozen ruts.
For frozen ruts you need side studs, like on the Nokian 240.
https://www.suomityres.fi/w240.html
I've ridden one winter on 240's, and I don't know if they'll fit on a Steamroller.
They might without fenders.
https://www.suomityres.fi/w106.html
I rode two winters on 106's and they work well in everything except frozen ruts.
For frozen ruts you need side studs, like on the Nokian 240.
https://www.suomityres.fi/w240.html
I've ridden one winter on 240's, and I don't know if they'll fit on a Steamroller.
They might without fenders.
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12-23-08, 07:39 AM
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I rode cross with Ritchey cross tires marked as 35, and they fit in my Mark V. No issues except that it was a bit tricky to get the chain length right so that the tires didn't rub the chainstays and the brake still reached the rim.
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Thanks for all the help guys. I have a set of Kenda Kross Supreme 35c's here in the shop im looking at but I like the idea of studs. The roads here are so icy right now, I dont Think I would get anywhere without studs.
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I use Kenda Klondikes and Im really happy with them. They're 700x35mm with carbide studs. I have yet to go down this year, and I'm in Milwaukee. We're getting dumped on almost daily and the kendas cut right the snow or slush, and do okay on ice, too.
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are stock kilo tt kenda 23s and gatorskin ultra 23s going to be equally stupid for snow use?