I hate to give up on my bike for the winter, but ice makes me nervous. Any tips?
Deb
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10-11-2009, 03:13 PM #1
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Winter biking, especially ice
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10-11-2009, 05:13 PM #2
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What's the largest tire you can run? There are 4" ice/snow tires available with studs which can give you optimum traction. If you can't run these size tires, snag a Pugsley from eBay.
Smaller sizes are available of course but where's the fun in that?
www.icebike.org
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10-11-2009, 05:20 PM #3
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Nokian makes very good carbide studded tires in a variety of sizes, making winter riding not only possible but a lot of fun, too. They don't do anything for snow, but are great on ice.
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10-11-2009, 05:32 PM #4
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[QUOTE snag a Pugsley from eBay.
Smaller sizes are available of course but where's the fun in that?
www.icebike.org[/QUOTE]
I googled a Pugsley. A bike Humvee, without the bad gas mileage! What fun!
My Dew Deluxe has 700 x 37c tires. I have to confess, I'm a newbie and this doesn't mean much to me. They're pretty good multi-purpose tires. I'll have to look into studded tires.
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10-11-2009, 05:38 PM #5
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Studded tires are expensive, but if I lived in South Dakota I wouldn't think twice about buying them if I were (was? SadieKate, help me out here please) planning on riding in the winter.
I used them a handful of times when I lived in DC. When it snows and ices there, the Metros break down and the traffic comes to even more of a standstill, but we still have to get to work. The bike paths are not plowed or treated and turn into ice sheets. So I got studded tires and got to work before everyone else.
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10-11-2009, 06:19 PM #6
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The ones that would fit my purposes (not aggressive single-track riding, just mainly plowed roads and icy/snowy MUPs) aren't as expensive as I feared. Maybe I can budget them in the next couple of paychecks. They certainly would be worth it, and the Dew seems well able to accept them, from what I have read.
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10-12-2009, 07:03 AM #7
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studded tires gave me confidence on ice last year. I still managed to put my bike down in a comical slow-mo fall last season, but for the most part, I did well on snow and ice all season.
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