riding on studded tires

[Nikon]

I got about 160 studs in each tire, I shared in the labor, a fellow on the Rounders forum just bought a stud gun, I gave him a buck to cover studs & somthing to help defray his investment in the gun, it takes about 2 hours to drill and stud a tire

Right on. Car studs? and you only studded the middle knobs right? Can you take a photo?

So what's your recommendation when it comes to pavement? LIke I said, I was really warned about it saying that "you will fall" on pavement with studs. Any truth? Slippery when stopping?

[RandyO]

Right on. Car studs? and you only studded the middle knobs right? Can you take a photo?

So what's your recommendation when it comes to pavement? LIke I said, I was really warned about it saying that "you will fall" on pavement with studs. Any truth? Slippery when stopping?

pics posted on first page of this thread

I didn't do the outermost knobs, the other day I had a minivan pull in front of me (customer pulling out of ELf's Landscaping fwiw) no problem emergency braking on pavement, came close to lifting the rear wheel

if someone does down cause of studs, their hamfisted imho

yes, 10mm car studs

[markbvt]

Update: just got back from a short 30-mile ride to see how the studded tires do on snowy dirt roads. Answer: not bad, but not great. I kept the bike upright the whole ride, but they definitely felt pretty squirrelly, especially the rear. Actually, the front felt pretty planted the whole time, but the rear was squirming around a lot. A slightly denser knobby pattern, like a Dunlop D606 or even Conti TKC80, might actually do a lot better with one stud in each knob. I suspect the rear I'm using just has too much space between the knobs and not enough is grabbing the road surface.

For the most part these roads had that thin snow-pack that's turned brown from mixing with the dirt below. At one point I had to stop for an intersection, and when I put my foot down I found the surface very slippery. So all things considered, the studded tires did pretty well, I suppose -- I'm pretty sure I would have fallen repeatedly on non-studded tires.

Still, they felt squirmy enough that I had to keep my speed way down, and the ride wasn't really fun enough to be worth the tension. Curious to see, though, whether they feel any better once there's a little more snow-pack on the roads.

On pavement, both dry and wet, they feel pretty good. Haven't tried icy/snowy pavement yet. So far we've only gotten three or four inches of snow here in Burlington, spaced out over a week.

--mark

[RandyO]

I did a short video tody, but batteries went dead halfway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrRieJK3aQ

link below is same road in summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzw7Hw9KGJc


rear can get squirrley real quick if you start to get hamfisted on the throttle
I was able to accelerate up to about 50 at my fastest point, in the summer, its 75-80