Sorry about the off, Bugster, take it easy and get on at your own pace. +1 to studs, though they don't make you invulnerable, just less susceptible to being caught out by an unexpected patch of ice if you are already being careful.
Came off my bike on slippy mud slide of a road three weeks ago. Hip still hurting although the surface bruising has gone. 5 more cyclists at work have come off on either mud or ice, one resulting in a fractured wrist, and even my die-hard cyclist friend, who normally rides all through the winter, has also come off. I've completely lost my nerve and it doesn't help that my die-hard cyclist friend has hung his bike up for the next week or so because of this weather .
If he's scared, what hope have I got ???
They are meant to be winter tyres, not just ice tyres, and pumping them to 60-odd psi they'll roll just like any other fattish tyre, but with a funny buzzing noise attached.How icy does it need to be for marathon winter tyres to go on the bike? I am thinking of getting some, but only have one bike and one set of wheels, so once they are on they will stay on until the spring. Will I wear them out using them when it is dry or will I just slow down (not that that is possible!)
They are meant to be winter tyres, not just ice tyres, and pumping them to 60-odd psi they'll roll just like any other fattish tyre, but with a funny buzzing noise attached.
At least one on here (@Fossyant, IIRC) has run the same set of tyres for 4 winters, they don't wear out any faster than any other rubber tyre. You'll struggle to wear out the studs, I reckon.
Any of those sizes will do just fine. I'd tend to err on the side of smaller with studded tyres, this means that there's marginally more pressure on the studs when they make contact with the ice & also studded tyres need a bit more tyre clearance which the smaller size helps with, a little.Okay, next idiot question. My current tyres are 700 x 38c. I presume I need to get the 40c tyres and not the 35c? Or do I have to get the snow stud ones which are 700 x 38c?