What are the studded tyres like on tarmac?

[Panter]

Regarding wear and grip?

I don't think I'll bother for this season now, but my commute takes in some pretty desolate roads that don't get driven on very often so tend to be icy in places.
Thing is, most of the time it isn't icy, so will a Winter of commuting on them (say, 60-70miles a week) kill them off very quickly if the road conditions were to stay dry?

 

[Panter]

Regarding wear and grip?

I don't think I'll bother for this season now, but my commute takes in some pretty desolate roads that don't get driven on very often so tend to be icy in places.
Thing is, most of the time it isn't icy, so will a Winter of commuting on them (say, 60-70miles a week) kill them off very quickly if the road conditions were to stay dry?

 

[fossyant]

They buzz a bit, but if you are going for say Marathon Wniters or Snow Studs, then you can run them at 60 PSI, then drop to 30 PSI for ice/snow.

When you drop the Snow Studs to 30PSI, the studs on the side then make contact with the tarmac.

I wouldn't go tearing round corners on the tyres, not the Snow studs as they are an MTB tyre, and wander a bit at 30 PSI.

I've got mine on a spare bike, so doesn't matter. Rather slow though.

 

[fossyant]

They buzz a bit, but if you are going for say Marathon Wniters or Snow Studs, then you can run them at 60 PSI, then drop to 30 PSI for ice/snow.

When you drop the Snow Studs to 30PSI, the studs on the side then make contact with the tarmac.

I wouldn't go tearing round corners on the tyres, not the Snow studs as they are an MTB tyre, and wander a bit at 30 PSI.

I've got mine on a spare bike, so doesn't matter. Rather slow though.

 

[BentMikey]

Read all about them on the Peter White Cycles page:

http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp

I'd have bought some already if I wasn't so skint.

 

[BentMikey]

Read all about them on the Peter White Cycles page:

http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/studdedtires.asp

I'd have bought some already if I wasn't so skint.

 

[Panter]

Fabulous, thanks guys

I'm going to get some for next Winter then, it will massively increase the amount of bike commute days in the Winter as I won't have to wimp out when the forecast is sub-zero.

 

[Panter]

Fabulous, thanks guys

I'm going to get some for next Winter then, it will massively increase the amount of bike commute days in the Winter as I won't have to wimp out when the forecast is sub-zero.

 

[fossyant]

They work, but don't go thinking they will grip like on a dry or wet road, it's still ice... corner carefully, and you'll be OK.

 

[fossyant]

They work, but don't go thinking they will grip like on a dry or wet road, it's still ice... corner carefully, and you'll be OK.

 

[mickle]

My experience of IRC Blizzards (26'' x 1.9"); When they're new and the studs are sharp they'll out corner anything on sheet ice. I was getting an easy forty five degrees of lean in an ice covered car park. They've a good shaped tread for hard pack snow and handle a lot like a good old fashioned Specialized Ground Controls if anyone remembers them.

On road they give a feeling of dancing about on the studs a bit but there is never any sense of a loss of traction when cornering on tarmac, there's still plenty of rubber on the road whatever angle they're at.

 

[mickle]

My experience of IRC Blizzards (26'' x 1.9"); When they're new and the studs are sharp they'll out corner anything on sheet ice. I was getting an easy forty five degrees of lean in an ice covered car park. They've a good shaped tread for hard pack snow and handle a lot like a good old fashioned Specialized Ground Controls if anyone remembers them.

On road they give a feeling of dancing about on the studs a bit but there is never any sense of a loss of traction when cornering on tarmac, there's still plenty of rubber on the road whatever angle they're at.

 

[fossyant]

Loon.........

 

[fossyant]

Loon.........

 

[GrasB]

+1 for leaning, I rode on Marathon Winters & had them pumped to 45-50psi & lent into the corners rather than steered through them, still had to be careful but the speeds you could do are immense compared to a normal tyre. Now if they could only halve the weight & do them somewhere around the 700x28c mark

Oh expect some road roar when on non-iced tarmac.