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What tires do you use to ride on ice? I've wiped out on ice myself, and it has scared me off from riding when it is icy.
by SquirrelOnFire 9y ago
What tires do you use to ride on ice? I've wiped out on ice myself, and it has scared me off from riding when it is icy.
- unicornporn 9y agoSchwalbe Winter (30-622): https://www.schwalbe.com/en/spike-reader/winter.html https://www.schwalbe.com/en/spike-reader/winter.html I rode a couple of kilometers on an iced lake some weeks ago without trouble. There's also the more expensive Marathon Winter: https://www.schwalbe.com/en/spike-reader/marathon-winter.html https://www.schwalbe.com/en/spike-reader/marathon-winter.htm... Marathon Winter has more studs. They're placed closer to the edge of the tyre and it's debatable how much difference if it makes if you don't lean into the curves. I try to lean less on frozen ground, so I suspect they would be pointless for me. Studded tyres actually works best on ice. Theoretically, if snow covers the ice they could be ineffective. I myself have not found this to be a problem.
- jakobegger 9y agoI use the same tires in winter as in summer (normal city bike tires). But I ride them at much lower pressure (under 2bar vs 3.5bar in summer). Then they don’t slip at all.
- oe 9y agoMarathon Winters are the only ones that seem to be effective against the copious amounts of sharp stones used here in winter to sand all cycleways. Otherwise I have managed without studs the previous winters. But five flats during 250km of riding was too much.
- lardo 9y agoAnother vote for schwalbe. I've put ~10k miles on non-studded marathons without a flat, so I went with those.
- lb1lf 9y agoYet another vote for them. After I tried my first set of Schwalbes, I've never looked back. They are terrific. (Marathon Plus MTBs, btw - works brilliantly on gravel, in moderate mud, snow and ice.)