Winter Road Tyre Choice?

[LottieFirenZo]

Does anyone have any recommendations regarding winter tyres? I use my road bike to commute to work and it is 5 miles away (if that makes any difference).
My bike is a Cube Axial WLS GTC SL and I just want a greater peace of mind for riding hard (within reason of course) this winter. I am happy to pay the money for quality.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Gez73]

I just put some Schwalbe Snow Stud tyres on my hybrid. They aren't the Marathon winter ones which are unavailable I'm told. This is my first year to use this type of tyre so I have no experience but I have found them useful and they do give me peace of mind. I commute about 110 miles a week in mainly rural roads with very little traffic in winter weather so I needed something decent. Won't really know until I've properly used them for the purpose they were bought. Others are available. MY wheels are 700c's. You Will probably get far better responses from seasoned winter cyclists.

 

[albion]

The general ice rule is 'all tyres are useless'.

Go with wider tyres but you still need to tiptoe along riding on anything but straight lines.

 

[gaz]

I doubt you will get any sort of special tyre to fit on that bike.
Just take it easy and stick to the gritted roads.

Don't do what I did today, and take corners too fast and at too steep an angle!

 

[HLaB]

Don't do what I did today, and take corners too fast and at too steep an angle!

How'd you manage that ? the road looks 100x better than anything I've cycled on lately.

 

[gaz]

How'd you manage that ? the road looks 100x better than anything I've cycled on lately.

Road was dampish, temp was just above 0 but had been -3 during the night and I hit a patch of painted text..

 

[potsy]

Road was dampish, temp was just above 0 but had been -3 during the night and I hit a patch of painted text..

Silly cyclist

 

[HLaB]

Road was dampish, temp was just above 0 but had been -3 during the night and I hit a patch of painted text..

I actually saw something tonight I haven't seen in a long time, dry roads; the strong wind had actually blown them dry, take care!

 

[gaz]

I actually saw something tonight I haven't seen in a long time, dry roads; the strong wind had actually blown them dry, take care!

Blown them dry? Have you been blown 1000miles rather than cycled?

 

[HLaB]

Blown them dry? Have you been blown 1000miles rather than cycled?

I wish

 

[Herzog]

The general ice rule is 'all tyres are useless'.

I think useless is too strong. I've had the opportunity to experiment quite a bit recently and the Marathons Winters I use have performed very well. I cycled across a small frozen pond the other day (making sure it was properly frozen first, I didn't want Michael Burke and the 999 team showing up) I managed to say upright.

 

[BSRU]

The general ice rule is 'all tyres are useless'.

Wrong, Marathon Winters are designed for cycling on ice.

 

[Sittingduck]

Gatorskins / Botranger Hardcase / Specialized Armadillo / Marathon +

 

[GrasB]

IF you can't get a winter tyre on there you're looking for the narrow sticky racing tyres. Best non-winter tyre on ice I've used is the Schwalbe Ultremo Aqua with the now discontinued Mitchilin Pro 3 Grip to better than most tyres on ice as well.

 

[MrGrumpy]

have come to the conclusion that as far as fast commuter tyre which seems bomb proof you cannot go past Marathon + !! Just stuck a pair back on my bike that had been sitting in my garage for a good couple of years because I reckon they were too slow and heavy! I must be fitter as they don`t feel that much slower than the racing tyres I had on !!