What Tires Would You Put On This Bike?
12-08-16, 02:20 PM
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One of the things I enjoy most about them- your traction is better than cars', and the flummoxed looks from drivers as you cheerfully sail (OK poke) along.
12-08-16, 02:20 PM
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My current winter bike is a 1990 Schwinn KOM S7 with marathon winters 26x1.75 at around 50-60 psi. Couple of photos of the bike and MUPs around me here. There's also a picture of the bike on my blog in the link under "bikes".
12-08-16, 02:31 PM
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I have tried a lot of different pressures and prefer it where I have it. At lower pressures the wheels don't roll as well on pavement. I don't go down because the studs don't grip the ice. I go down when I'm not paying enough attention and a rut rips the wheels out from under me.
12-08-16, 09:20 PM
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Last winter I tried my first studded tires, Suomi (Nokian) W106's. Inflated to 45psi on dry pavement they added 7 minutes to my 9 mile commute (47min vs 40min on street tires). On icy roads I run them at 35psi which is a little more sluggish on dry pavements. With 2-3 inches of fresh powder my commute times almost doubled. Over three inches it was too slow to commute in a practical fashion...although fun as hell! Colorado Springs is much hillier than Chicagoland, and while Chicago is flat, it's colder, wetter and the ice sticks around for weeks. I know, I grew up 7000 North.
