02-08-2011, 09:34 AM
(02-06-2011, 01:23 AM)--Pete Wrote: In those conditions, the only thing that really works is studded tires on all four wheels (or just on the front if the car is front wheel drive and you're good enough to use the Swedish rally technique).
Or 'cancer tires' as we like to call them. Luckily here they are trying to ban them....up north you need them but in town you just need to drive carefully.
And as you say they are only necesarry when there is real ice on the road......and most of the time it is snow and they don't help much there (at least not compared to normal winter tires).
My mountain bike is still going strong though. Except for last week when we had slightly higher temperatures during the day......I biked down hill on a dry path and all of a sudden I saw around the corner that it was covered with wet ice.....I tried to put my foot to the ground but in didn't help. Spiked tires would have done the trick I think.
