Received my new winter tires today from Jenson USA
 

I ordered three different sets of tires:

I'm all set for whatever winter throws at me this year! :)

45North Xerces 700C x 30c Studded

45North Dillinger 4" Fatbike Studded

Nokian Gazza Extreme 29" 294 Studs

Of course, it's going to be 64 degrees here on Christmas Day!:p

Hey, no complaining about awesome weather! :D

Fyi, I'll warn you, I think the Xerces look great, and Fatbike tires do to (though I feel like they come with to many studs by default), but I found no use personally for Nokian Gaaza Extreme's. They had all the disadvantage of fatbike tires - a floaty feel that floats on snow rather than cutting through it to the road, heavy and slow and a lot of work to push, as well as being noisy. At the same time, they're not fat enough to gain the advantages of fat bike tires - the additional snow and ice handling an actual fatbike tire has. They're to fat to gain the advantages skinny tires - cutting through the snow to the road surface, being lighter faster easier and quieter to pedal.

It's just personal opinion I suppose, but I would much rather have the 38c Gravdal's than the 2" (or so) Nokian Extreme's. I had bought a pair of Extreme's and sold them - they seem like they only have niche uses to me.

Studly to the extreem!

I have a similar spectrum of studded tires spread across 3 bikes, though I acquired mine over time. Nice to have options depending on road conditions.

I'll second the Nokians. I had them on a MTB 29er commuter and they are just too slow for that application and they do not dig in enough on singletrack. I much prefer the Ice Spike Pros for this application, although they are even wider they grip much better and I think better rubber.

On my commuter I use Marathon Winters and VanHelga's on my fatty for this time of year, although with no snow I still have on my Fat B Nimbles.