I hope it snows, it snows and snows this winter ........

[Pat "5mph"]

Man, instructions?

Oh, cute avatar!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Get another bike which can take wider tyres is about the best. As the tyres are £40 each, getting a second hand rigid MTB to stick them on isn't that that silly.

Yes, that's what I've done, got a cheap MB of EBay for the purpose of fitting the winters.
Mind, past February, I can always stick the tyres on it came with, use it for off road, as my other bikes have city jets and conti fitted.
Mattew: you will be a bit slower - it took me 10 min more yesterday to commute. But I'm old, you will probably add only 2/3 min on yours.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Unfortunately, and this might be a local thing to the south east, but one time that you can be sure local transport (buses & trains) won't be running is when there's snow around... which is one time that you want them there as a back stop.

Another issue, and again it might be different up there, is that we usually only have a couple of days snow but there can be many weeks, or months, of ice on bike paths. The tyres I chose are for ice.

Same issues here: 2 years ago we had unusually heavy snow in town for a couple of days: all public transport stopped.

 

[Norm]

A bit heavy on the legs, eh?

I don't notice them all that much harder.

That said, of course, I should confess that I have been intentionally easing off whilst getting them bedded in, having learned from Potsy's problems a year ago (that's a serious comment, BTW, @Potsy I really do thank you for 'fessing up to your 'issues'!) not to punish them when they are new, but I didn't feel they were much harder work in 26x1.75 than my usual City Jets in 26x1.5. And I did find the extra tyre wall suspension did make a difference on some of the dodgier paths, as well as getting comfort from hearing the spikes still hitting the road surface when riding through wet leaves.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Probably it's me
The bike I got for ice weights about 30 Kg (that's why it was cheap!) plus has 24's instead of my usual 26's.

 

[mcshroom]

Er, will your snow studs fit 24" rims?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Er, will your snow studs fit 24" rims?

Yes, that's what I've got.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Yes, that's what I've got.

Where did you get them? Were they expensive?


GC

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Where did you get them? Were they expensive?
GC

Here
Mine were £51.00 delivered for the pair, I got 24's for the wee mbso

 

[Norm]

Probably it's me
The bike I got for ice weights about 30 Kg (that's why it was cheap!) plus has 24's instead of my usual 26's.

Ah, there's some differences there, not just the tyres. I'm in the fortunate position that I've got 2 bikes exactly the same (long story) both are 1990 steel MTBs so I have studs on one set of wheels and City Jets on another exactly the same and can swap them over in (according to a test this afternoon) under 5 minutes from start to finish.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Here
Mine were £51.00 delivered for the pair, I got 24's for the wee mbso

That's a great price. The best I could find was £69.98 (free delivery) from Amazon and had made my purchase before I read your post!
Not to worry though, I've cancelled it and will now order from the German site.

Thanks for the tip.


GC

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Lost another stud in the back tyre today That makes 3 in all.
Gonna have to get some replacements: do you need to take the tyre off to refit the studs?

 

[potsy]

Lost another stud in the back tyre today That makes 3 in all.
Gonna have to get some replacements: do you need to take the tyre off to refit the studs?

I would yes, you will need to get some training done though Pat, or get a man* to do it for you

*Not me btw, I fitted 3 or 4 then lost the will to live/most of them on the kitchen floor, and gave up

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Here
Mine were £51.00 delivered for the pair, :

I've now ordered mine, woohoo! With the money I've saved on the same tyres from Amazon, I've also ordered one of these rear lights: http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k999/a4011/ix-red-senso-diode-rear-light.html?mfid=445

GC

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I would yes, you will need to get some training done though Pat, or get a man* to do it for you

*Not me btw, I fitted 3 or 4 then lost the will to live/most of them on the kitchen floor, and gave up

I think a pair of thin electrician pliers will do the job
After refitting the studs, I will then send the wheel to you for refitting the marathon
I can be the brains, you can be the muscles