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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

187.0. "Studded Snow Tires" by RAINBO::WASSER (John A. Wasser) Thu Dec 11 1986 13:36

	One year, long ago, I made a set of studded bicycle tires for
	winter riding around town.  I took an old set of tires and put 
	some mild steel (not aluminum) Pop-Rivets through holes drilled 
	in the tread.  They may or may not have helped on the snow and 
	ice (I don't recall) but they sure made a neat sound on dry 
	pavement...

	If anyone tries this, I would recommend a "Mr. Tuffy" tube 
	protector or "thornproof" tubes.  The Pop-Rivets tend to be
	hard on the inner-tube.

				-John A. Wasser
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187.1Had to remove them by May 15.....SUSHI::KMACDONALDCybernetic EntomologistThu Dec 11 1986 17:224
Our shop used to make and sell tire chains for bikes (front tire only). A 
number of folks seemed to think they worked pretty well, I didn't try 
them myself.....
                                                   ken
187.2Spikes and/or chains would have been handy yeaterday...EUREKA::REG_BNow save the TunasFri Dec 12 1986 12:189
    
    	Well, I hope the guy I saw last night had something like this.
    Any one know who it was riding Rte #62 in Acton headed toward Concord
    at about 7:15 last night ?  I passed them (you ?) just after Anderson
    Ford, just before the ditch that a car had slid into.
    
    	Reg
    
    
187.3Snow sure beats wind trainingKIRK::JOHNSONI'm not a doctor, but I play 1 on TVFri Dec 12 1986 14:3725
    I went out for a ride in Arlington at 9:30 last night, after 
    seeing a kid blasting across the snow on his BMX bike.  I'm
    glad I did - riding in 2" of snow is LOTS of fun on Tri-Cross
    tires.  Those little knobbies have a surprising amount of grip.
    
    People who were out in the snow were amazed to see an otherwise
    ordinary-looking ten speed (the tires and Spenco seat pad are 
    the only change I've made to my old Fuji S10-S) cruising down long 
    downhills on the snow-covered playground, fish-tailing corners on 
    a basketball court, and spinning up the sidewalk to the top again.    
    "I didn't know you could do that!" they said, and "Is that as
    fun as it looks?"
    
    It was pretty warm out, and the snow made it surprisingly bright
    at night.  I only wish I had a real mountain bike that I could
    lay into the snow more aggressively.  (Drop handlebars can get
    to be kinda scary on downhills and sharp turns, when your weight
    is so far forward.)
     
    Moral of the story:
    If you have a cheap bike sitting around that you don't know 
    what to do with, pop a pair of tri-cross tires on it.
    It can be lots of fun!
    
    MATT
187.4BlizzardCRBOSS::BEFUMOIRAQnophobiaFri Aug 10 1990 12:341
    I just noticed an ad for IRC offers a studded tire called "blizzard"
187.5BSS::T_DAWSONTomas Dawson CSC/CS 592-4549Mon Aug 13 1990 19:091
I run the IRC blizzard in the winter. Much better traction