Studded Tyre

Andrew, that tire is now thoroughly screwed.

Andrea and I just got back in from a snow ride. She was on
her Monty Trials tire, I was on the Gazz 24x3. All the roads
were compact snow, everything else about 2 inches unpacked.
Traction was really no problem except where some bare
pavement had turned to ice when the freezing rain started.
We could have used the studs there.

Even wrote my name in the snow on the soccer field with
only one UPD.

This evening at the end of the local newscast (on channel 4
here in the Seattle area) the news camera followed a guy
riding his Schwinn Uni down a sidewalk in the snow for a
good 10-15 seconds. I didn't recognize the rider but he had
a flasher on his seat post so he must ride frequently.
Anybody we know?

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Today was my first snow ride ever....what a blast! I was
totally expecting to wipe out as soon as I left the garage
and hit the snow, but it wasn't bad at all. I let some air
out of the Gazz so it was well below where I'd have it for
rock or road, and it dug right in on both the packed road
surface and the 5" deep crud. Miles and I took a spin around
the neighborhood, and I also headed out onto one of the
nearby woods trails with a nice long 400-500 yard downhill.
I think I rode it faster in the snow than ever on the dirt,
with no UPDs. Maybe it was just the feeling of
safety...thinking that a tumble in the snow would hurt less
than a dirt fall.

I hadn't intended to go riding, but my Hunter was between
me and where the sled was stored, and it would not be
denied. My one wish was that I had put on some biking
"skins" under my snowsuit.....it didn't take too long to
start chafing. If I had skins on I probably would have gone
for another mile or two.

It's too bad snow is relatively rare around here....now that
I'm hooked, my supply is going to get rained away in the
next 24 hours.

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When I was up in Edmonton I got a much needed new tire. That
meant I had an old tire lying around that would most likely
never get used again. I found myself a nice pile of screws,
and you can guess what happened. I was amazed at the
traction I had. I didn't get to ride it much because of the
cold, but it was sure fun when I did!

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it would be nice to have a 3" tyre, the 1.75 that i used
does not fare well in the deeper stuff but it sticks to the
ice with no problems. i will ahve to take it with me to
Saskatchewan next year, ice is all we get there

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UniBrier said:

*This evening at the end of the local newscast (on channel
4 here in the Seattle area) the news camera followed a guy
riding his Schwinn Uni down a sidewalk in the snow for a
good 10-15 seconds. I didn't recognize the rider but he
had a flasher on his seat post so he must ride frequently.
Anybody we know? *

For everyone who doesn't know, the Seattle area got several
inches of snow today. That's a lot of snow for little old
Seattle. I went out riding on my muni with a 24x3 Gazz
around the Bellevue WA area for about 3 or 4 hours and
covered many many miles. I was exhausted by the time I got
back to the house as the sun was setting. Riding in the snow
is hard work but oh so much fun. The Gazz was terrific in
the snow conditions that we had. No need for a studded tire
today. Tomorrow, however, will be different because we're
getting freezing rain tonight which is going to turn the
snow into a sheet of ice. Oh well, it was fun for one day.

While riding around I had several people ask me if I was the
guy who was on the TV news. That struck me as strange
because I hadn't seen the news shot that they were referring
to. I'll turn the VCR on to channel 4 for the late night
news in hope that they replay that footage.

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SO TODAY I DID, WITH MY OLD NORCO.

Vancouver studded tire massacre.

That looks pretty dangerous (but fun:-); aren't studded
tires usually made with blunt screws (e.g. machine screws)?

Regards, Juergen

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juergen_brauckmann said:

* That looks pretty dangerous (but fun:-); aren't studded
tires usually made with blunt screws (e.g. machine
screws)?

Regards, Juergen *

I don't actually understand what you mean by machine screws,
but I've seen some tires made with nuts and bolts. They take
a lot more time to make, but might be a bit more durable.
Those screws you used look quite long. I think you should
cut them down a little bit. About 5mm (1/5 inch) is usually
enough, even for downhill racing. Optimum lenght might be
2-3mm on the center of the tire and 4-5mm on the edge area
for maximum grip when leaning to one direction. The base of
those screws is also quite small, and it might not support
the stud as much as you'd like to.

I made my own tire with 13mm long screws with a drill bit
end. The ends are out about 5mm. They have a 10 mm base. I'm
going to try it today. I made the tire maybe two months ago
but the grip Gazza gives me has been enough for me. It
doesn't slip even on ice, unless there's no bumps on the ice
for the Gazza to grip.

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If they turn out too long you can always cut them off
with loppers.

unicyclist.comalbuo80Open ↗ The first pic
is before lopping; I don't yet have a closeup of the
after-lop tire.

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the screws i uses were 3/8" long #6, and every other one in
the center was a #8 b/c i a out os 6's, i was looking for
shorter ones but couldnt find any that were larger than #4.
the 3/8 is plenty short enough i found

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