Do you change your set-up?

[Jmetz]

I was wondering if most people change tyres/wheels etc during the winters months?

If so when does this change over occur?

OR do you even use a different bike during the winter months for the commute?

 

[biking_fox]

I was wondering if most people change tyres/wheels etc during the winters months?

If so when does this change over occur?

OR do you even use a different bike during the winter months for the commute?

No need for me to do so. It's a mostly flat urban commute in manchester. Roads are as good(bad) in Winter as in Summer. Changing tyres would just mean I'd go slower. No point in that.

 

[adscrim]

I put a set of cheap wheels on at the first signs of the salt lorries coming out. Everything else on the commuter stays the same.

 

[Origamist]

A larger rear cog and different tyres.

 

[fossyant]

No change - I have a commuter bike for all commuting. Only change is if there is ice or snow, then the MTB comes out with studded tyres

 

[Moodyman]

Same as Fossy.

 

[Jmetz]

so you stick to the slicks? thats my main dilema

 

[Riding in Circles]

Grippy tyres and mudguards.

 

[potsy]

Last year I used the hybrid more with 28mm Marathon+ and full guards,this year I'm probably sticking with the Secteur and some Crud roadracer MK2 guards,plus a seatpost rack and bag.
If it's icy then the car will be out,though if I had a MTB I might have gotten some spikey tyres and try it but I haven't so I won't

 

[mcshroom]

The Vantage has 32mm Marathons on anyway so I only change for snow; then the Mountain bike comes out. (note to self - order some spiky tyres before I need them

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[Arch]

Summer: Giant FCR (plus added rack and mudguards), 700c wheels, 25mm tyres, v-brakes, derailleur, LED QR lights.
Winter: no name frame, 26" wheels, rack, mudguards, 2" Big Apple tyres, hub gears, hub brakes, dynamo lights (bottle dynamo, hoping to upgrade to hub dynamo too - plus LED backups, the more lights the merrier)

In autumn I generally change over after I've been to BikeRight in Wooler (a weekend gathering of mates at the hostel in Wooler for rides, slides and booze) - mid to late October. In spring, it's more fluid, perhaps when the clocks change, or it feels right.

If we have ice and snow again, the trike might get a turn, although I'm not keen to use it for commuting for security reasons.

 

[Tynan]

same all year round, it rains in the summer and other than ice, all that changes is it gets colder and wetter in winter, in London anyway

 

[mark i]

The only time that I change the bike is the spare wheels have knobblies on and come out for snow and ice. Like previous replies I am seriously thinking of spikes this year, which obviously means the mildest winter in the last 3 decades is almost upon us!

 

[BentMikey]

same all year round, it rains in the summer and other than ice, all that changes is it gets colder and wetter in winter, in London anyway

Same here. I might take the fixed in instead of the best bike a bit more often, especially if there's salt on the roads.

 

[fossyant]

so you stick to the slicks? thats my main dilema

I commute in all weathers on 23mm Conti GP 4 Seasons....about a millionth of the weight of Marathons, and dead grippy in the dry and wet.

PS grip on tyres isn't necessary on tarmac at all - you'd have to do a couple of hundred MPH or more to aquaplane.