J.Primus
Senior Member
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- Northerner living in London
Given it's main roads through zone 1 for my commute I was just going to brazen it out on my road bike with the same kit on if it snows. Bad idea?
I hope it snows, it snows and snows this winter ........
- Thread starter Crankarm
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Fine, just be careful when cornering and braking if its cold enough for ice and take it easy in snow.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
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- Egremont, Cumbria
They look good for ice, but is there enough tred for deep snow? (That may just be a comment of a jealous snow stud owner 
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J.Primus
Senior Member
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- Northerner living in London
Cool, that's what I thought. It doesn't seem worth buying lots of kit for what is never more than 6-7 days in the year. That said I still don't want to take the bus in!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
You'll be ok in London, all that heat from the buildings. Don't get that cold. 1cm of Snow in London is a world disaster isn't it. LOL
J.Primus
Senior Member
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- Northerner living in London
It is, you can certainly tell all the media are in London when it snows as they rarely report that the weather is in fact worse everywhere else.
I do enjoy the fact the weather is very nice here even if it is a bit hot in summer.
Davidc
Guru
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- Somerset UK
That's not a winter tyre!
This is a winter tyre!
What'll that tyre do to your hands getting it off and on when you get a puncture!
(As for the chav who steps out in front of you
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Matthames
Über Member
- Location
- East Sussex
I have a pair of Winters, currently in the process of bedding them in. One thing to note though, when riding them on normal roads they do seem to have a lot more rolling resistance to them and they constantly sound like you are riding on gravel. You will get used to the noise after a while.
I have some abiding memories of winters gone by where there have been vehicles getting stuck because the road has become an ice rink: mainly due to the council not gritting the section of road near my home. There have been cases where buses have been cancelled in my area due to it becoming too dangerous for them. Not sure how the Winters are going to perform, but I do hope that when everything else has ground to a halt, I can still make it into work.
I have some abiding memories of winters gone by where there have been vehicles getting stuck because the road has become an ice rink: mainly due to the council not gritting the section of road near my home. There have been cases where buses have been cancelled in my area due to it becoming too dangerous for them. Not sure how the Winters are going to perform, but I do hope that when everything else has ground to a halt, I can still make it into work.
Bodhbh
Guru
They look good for ice, but is there enough tred for deep snow? (That may just be a comment of a jealous snow stud owner
At least the winters look like they're not so aggresive you can't just fit and forget them. The problem with the tyres with agressive deep snow tread is you wouldn't want to ride them in much else. I got some Ice Spikers for the crappy two winters in a row before the last one, but they are far too OTT to fit on a commuter just for general winter riding. tho I think the 2013 Winters have 200 spikes instead of the previous 100.
I have Marathon Winters for my winter ice bike and Ice Spikers on cheap MTB for when it snows. From previous experience the Marathon Winters are not much good in fresh snow or snow that is not frozen. I only used the Ice Spikers once last year for one morning after fresh snow over night when riding on the Winters would have been difficult to say the least.
In my opinion Marathon Winters are for icy conditions, Ice Spikers are for icy but mainly snowy conditions.
In my opinion Marathon Winters are for icy conditions, Ice Spikers are for icy but mainly snowy conditions.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
Think back and you'll recall that was not me.
Me is the wife's Discovery 4 with snow and ice modes in the undercarriage, a set of spare wheels with spangly new Hankook Optimos for when average temp plummets, and a driver who's dibble 4 x 4 on and off road trained.
I look forward to seeing you overtake me through a metre of snow. Trying in vain, that is.
There is an off road route I can use for work, though I tend to a avoid it as horse riders have zero environmental sensitivity and mash the surface stupid in wet weather. A bit of snow or ice and the surface swings my way and ill be commuting on the Trance.
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Crankarm
Guru
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- Nr Cambridge
I used these tires in 2010 when we last had proper snow round here. They are marvelous. You do need to bed the studs in b4 riding in the snow, which involves riding carefully at low speed on good roads, though I belive there are other ways. If you don't multiple studs will fall out prematurley. They have worked well for me and are great when crossing ice as well as snow.
This' Mohican' tire would only be suitable for off road travel! It's a different game to the marathon tire which is made for road use
Hi Andy, Thanks for your post. How long or how far would you suggest I ride on them to bed them in? I'm just about to take the Marathon XRs off and try some Specialised Armadillo Nimbus tyres I've had kicking around for ages. I was going to put these on for the summer but didn't get around to it so stuck with the XRs until now. Maybe it's worth going staight to the Marathon Winters so they are bedded in for when the snow and ice comes for real? I ride about 35-40 miles each day 5-6 days a week but sometimes do 10-11 days on the trot so quite a high mileage. I meet even get a spair set of cheap wheels to put them on so I am not for ever mucking about changing tyres every other day. Thanks again for your post. Very helpful.
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
iirc shwable recommend 60 km. I'm sure it's on the paper label that comes wrapped around the tyre.
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
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Crankarm
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Could we possibly keep to topic that I posted ie winter CYCLING tyres?
