Tyres that can handle a bit of ice?

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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    meanredspider wrote:

    Yes - the Marathon W***ers are unbelievably heavy - close to a kilo each! And with only 120 studs I think that's poor return for the weight[...]

    Not so - 240 for the 700c tyres; fewer on the 26, 24 & 20" diameter ones - see Peter White's page. Certainly no lightweight, but then it's all good exercise/winter training.

    Maybe only 120 on the non-Marathon, as they're just on the centre section?
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    DrLex wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:

    Yes - the Marathon W***ers are unbelievably heavy - close to a kilo each! And with only 120 studs I think that's poor return for the weight[...]

    Not so - 240 for the 700c tyres; fewer on the 26, 24 & 20" diameter ones - see Peter White's page. Certainly no lightweight, but then it's all good exercise/winter training.

    Maybe only 120 on the non-Marathon, as they're just on the centre section?

    I saw that though I'm pretty sure the Marathon Winters I had were only 120 studs so maybe they've upgraded to create two tiers of winter tyre. I did also see that some sizes of Marathon Winter are nearly 1.3kg :shock: WTF!!!
    I'd still ALWAYS go with Ice Spiker Pros on an MTB. 2 reasons - incredible grip and hydraulic brakes that won't freeze! Oh, and the studs don't fall out by the handful on the Pros either. I got bored of refitting studs to my MWs
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Whatever their exact weight, they were a boon this morning as I passed the scene of two accidents (& resultant queues of vehicles) on my commute. MTB'er on knobblies that I met at one blockage had already had one spill. :(
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    I hugely underestimated the risk of ice this morning. Halfway into my 11 mile rural commute I had a couple of back wheel slides, then was unceremoniously dumped on my derrière twice in rapid succession. Ended up walking quite a lot of it. I'm now the proud owner of less blood than before, and it's already beginning to hurt.

    What's more annoying is I have a couple of choices of spiked tyres in my garage...
    Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Portobello prom was more than a little icy this morning too. Was attempting to keep the bike upright using extreme but-cheek clenching. Never notice the camber of the path there unless it's icy, but when it is you just seem to be riding in a straight line, but getting closer and closer to the sea wall, and there's little you can do about it.

    Again, I have a MTB in the garage which is all spiked and ready (Nokian W106's this year).
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    davis wrote:
    I hugely underestimated the risk of ice this morning. Halfway into my 11 mile rural commute I had a couple of back wheel slides, then was unceremoniously dumped on my derrière twice in rapid succession. Ended up walking quite a lot of it. I'm now the proud owner of less blood than before, and it's already beginning to hurt.

    What's more annoying is I have a couple of choices of spiked tyres in my garage...

    Doh!
    I came out on my 32mm flackjacket "slicks" this morning - our side road was a little crunchy and I thought - well, it'll be ok when I get to the mainroad, that'll be salted/gritted ..

    Hmm ... not it wasn't! Less than a mile in and the back wheel had slipped 3 times - sod that, pull over, wait for a big gap in the traffic - slipped across the road and rode carefully back home - changed and got the car out instead.

    I'll put the studded tyres/wheels on next time we have overnight rain followed by a frost!!
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    My rule of thumb was "ice on the car - ice on the road" - then I'd take the MTB with Spikers. My roads were untreated and I also went through quite some elevation as soon as I left the house. It was a pain sometimes but better safe than sorry. And, on one or two days, when I ignored the rule I regretted it with big rear wheel slides just under power
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    against all my normal rules I rode this morning on crunchy ice the whole 15 miles to the station, fwiw I'm using Conti grand prix 24mm now replaced by the 25mm which funny enough are identical.

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  • cesco
    cesco Posts: 252
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    cesco wrote:
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    Doesn't work with rim brakes!
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Sure it does. Really, really quickly
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