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Phil (ascentale)
@ascentale@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@forth asks:

I know we've had winter biking questions in the past, but I'm wondering specifically about studded tires and the alternatives - DIY studs, chains, zip ties.

Q5. Am I forgetting any alternatives? Does anyone have experience from which to compare them? (studded tires or studded tire alternatives!)

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Mark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼‍♀️ (he, him, his)
@uxmark@mstdn.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@ascentale @forth @bikenite A5. FWIW, the year I commuted to work through winter I put the biggest, knobbiest tires on my mountain bike and kept them a little under-inflated. That worked great in snow and slush, but not on ice. As my commute was mostly on a multi-use asphalt trail that was cleared and salted pretty quickly after a snow fall, I didn’t encounter much ice so I was ok.

But the salt really trashed my bike be the end of the season.

Sorry I can’t compare it with studs.

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Phil (ascentale)
@ascentale@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@forth @bikenite A5. Not sure if this counts as an alternative but "fatbike" style tires I imagine provide more traction also? Probably not as good as studs or other devices that actually dig into potential ice.

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