Snap, crackle, pop......

[Sara_H]

I've finally fitted the Marathon Winters yesterday. Do any other studded tyre users get the urge to have a bowl of rice crispies after the've been for a ride?

 

[ianrauk]

Luckily, studded tyres are very rarely needed in London.

 

[Sara_H]

Luckily, studded tyres are very rarely needed in London.

First time I've tried them this year. I live quite high up, so even when the rest of the city has thawed we get packed ice that lasts for weeks at a time. I generally chicken out and walk, but I've decided to give them a go!

 

[Aperitif]

Luckily, studded tyres are very rarely needed in London.

"In London, the studs are on the bikes, not the tyres, honey child*..."

* for illustrative purposes only.

Ian's right - not much call for them, (lots of diesel and petrol on the road mind...) although I have tried knobbly tyres on an MTB / low pressures etc - and I am useless on snow, mud or anything resembling 'loose' or wet. I thought I could deal reasonably with the slippery stuff, but it is hard work! On the P - X, I have done a fair old slide on ice, and was lucky to stay upright - definitely not intending to repeat that. Good luck, and a safe ride.

 

[Sara_H]

"In London, the studs are on the bikes, not the tyres, honey child*..."
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* for illustrative purposes only.

Ian's right - not much call for them, (lots of diesel and petrol on the road mind...) although I have tried knobbly tyres on an MTB / low pressures etc - and I am useless on snow, mud or anything resembling 'loose' or wet. I thought I could deal reasonably with the slippery stuff, but it is hard work! On the P - X, I have done a fair old slide on ice, and was lucky to stay upright - definitely not intending to repeat that. Good luck, and a safe ride.

Me too, have to say, on my first ride out on them today I felt sturdier on the wet leaves. I know thats not what they're designed for, but the studs did seem to have an effect.