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jim_h
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 Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:14 pm |
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| Could use a bike fitJoined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:53 pmPosts: 1016Location: Old Cyclists' Home
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I'm thinking about taking off the studded tires and place my bet that it's just not gonna happen, this year. Is anyone else ready to write off the winter and put the studs back in storage?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:27 pm |
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 Glass CrankerJoined: Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:14 pmPosts: 220Location: SW Minneapolis
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No, because that would cause six weeks of icy, rutted, hellish commutes.
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DangHeim
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:54 pm |
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 Can't... stop... doing... the Monkey TagJoined: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:49 amPosts: 1363Location: Como Park
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Look, the reason we haven't had a winter is because I haven't been able to bike since December. I'm going to have my new bike built tonight, so winter will hit tomorrow.
Keep the studs on.
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biker_lee
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:05 pm |
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If you take those studs off, and we get a city covered in ice... There will be a posse of cyclists that come and hunt your butt down!
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jim_h
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:05 pm |
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| Could use a bike fitJoined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:53 pmPosts: 1016Location: Old Cyclists' Home
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I'm tired of rumbling over dry pavement with the studs.
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slowpoke
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:40 pm |
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Ditto. I'm wondering if all the dry pavement has worn my studs down to the point of being useless.
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newyorkjon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:14 pm |
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can't you like....ya know, put them back on?
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Shizzy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:34 pm |
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I've just accepted the fact that 'll be swapping the studs on and off all season.
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jim_h
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:36 pm |
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The Nokian W106s are a very tight fit on my rims - a pain to get on and off.
Maybe if we make a pact and all agree to take them off at the same time...
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Shawn138
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:47 pm |
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Wait What?
You're still running studs!
I'm pretty sure you actually only needed them like three times this year!
So yeah take them off!
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kn_mpls
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:38 pm |
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Shawn138 wrote: Wait What?
You're still running studs!
I'm pretty sure you actually only needed them like three times this year!
So yeah take them off! For real. I put studs on my Cross Check which is my main ride, and I think I rode it maybe 15 times all winter until I took the studs off last weekend.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:05 am |
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See? You merely bring it up, and the forecast for Monday evening is for up to 4 inches of snow.
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bc3
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:19 am |
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I took my studded tires off my winter bike a couple of weeks ago and just started riding my good bike last week.
After I got my winter bike a few years ago, I lucked out and got an identical wheelset, same rear freewheel/cassette, for a very good price. So now I have one with Nokian 106 studded tires and one with older Schwalbe Marathons. So swapping them out is no big deal as I don't have to re-adjust anything.
Though last Monday I was regretting riding without studded tires. But it worked out okay with the Marathons. Some slips, but no falls, and just a slow, safe ride home. And no studs the rest of the week. Gotta love this winter if you're a bike rider, especially a commuter.
Bill.
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jim_h
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:13 pm |
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| Could use a bike fitJoined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:53 pmPosts: 1016Location: Old Cyclists' Home
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I took them off.
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slowpoke
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:47 pm |
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| HandslingerJoined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:37 amPosts: 478
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newyorkjon wrote: can't you like....ya know, put them back on? I mentioned on another related thread that it takes me about an hour to change a tire so no.
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