Snow tires

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Any recommendations for good snow tires. I can't justify studded tires.

I

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have had pretty good luck with wildgrippers but am always open to new

ideas.

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Thanks

RK

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Subject: Snow tires From: "RK" [email hidden] Date: 9/29/2003 7:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Any recommendations for good snow tires. I can't justify studded tires. I have had pretty good luck
with wildgrippers but am always open to new ideas. Thanks

RK

I used WTB Velociraptors last year and they worked really well: front and rear specific design
tires. I think most people will agree there is no need for studded tires unless you are riding ice
primarily.

Back when I used to live in Spokane and we had a few heavy years of snow I made my own snow tires.
You have to accept that they are going to be heavy but they will give you the ability to ride in any
condition (and I did) I started with 2 used but good condition knobby tires. I then went to a
bolt/screw specialty shop and picked out sheet metal screws (the kind with 6 sides a flat head slot
and had a small rim around the edge) that were just short of coming through when screwed into a
knobby (if I screwed them too tight I could get them to come through the in side. If I remember
right I put them into the tires in rows all the way across the knobs skipping every one or two then
putting in another row. When I put them in I coated each one with a high quality translate glue (get
at hobby shop). When I mounted these I cut another old tube down the inside center and used them as
thick tire liners.

I rode with these tires for two years with no problems other than weight I was able to go almost
anywhere and on shear ice I think I had better traction than my regular bike had on asphalt.

When I built these they were a fun project and I really couldn't justify the expense of true studded
tires. I used tossed out tires from a local shop the screws were 6 or 8 bucks or so and the glue was
a few bucks. I had the extra old tubes I used just lying around. Let me know if you have any other
questions and I'll try to help you. Rick BE

"RK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Any recommendations for good snow tires. I can't justify studded tires.

I

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have had pretty good luck with wildgrippers but am always open to new

ideas.

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Thanks

RK

The glue was supposed to be cyanoacrylate but spell checker got to it and I didn't catch it.

"Rick B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tk7eb.27614$gv5.2555@fed1read05...

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Back when I used to live in Spokane and we had a few heavy years of snow I made my own snow tires.
You have to accept that they are going to be

heavy

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but they will give you the ability to ride in any condition (and I did) I started with 2 used but
good condition knobby tires. I then went to a bolt/screw specialty shop and picked out sheet metal
screws (the kind

with

Quoted message said:

6 sides a flat head slot and had a small rim around the edge) that were just short of coming
through when screwed into a knobby (if I screwed them too tight I could get them to come through
the in side. If I remember

right

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I put them into the tires in rows all the way across the knobs skipping every one or two then
putting in another row. When I put them in I coated each one with a high quality translate glue
(get at hobby shop). When I mounted these I cut another old tube down the inside center and
used them

as

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thick tire liners.

I rode with these tires for two years with no problems other than weight I was able to go almost
anywhere and on shear ice I think I had better traction than my regular bike had on asphalt.

When I built these they were a fun project and I really couldn't justify

the

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expense of true studded tires. I used tossed out tires from a local shop the screws were 6 or 8
bucks or so and the glue was a few bucks. I had

the

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extra old tubes I used just lying around. Let me know if you have any

other

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questions and I'll try to help you. Rick BE

"RK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Any recommendations for good snow tires. I can't justify studded tires.

I

Quoted message said:

have had pretty good luck with wildgrippers but am always open to new

ideas.

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Thanks

RK

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I used WTB Velociraptors last year and they worked really well:

I have also had very good experiences with the Velociraptors in snow. Nothing but studs will grip on
ice, but big knobbies like the V-raptor work great in slop.

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"Rick B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XIgeb.31504$gv5.24013@fed1read05...

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The glue was supposed to be cyanoacrylate but spell checker got to it and

I

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didn't catch it.

AKA 'super glue'.

Shaun aRe