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Volsung
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:41 pm |
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 Does this bike make my tires look fat?Joined: Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:18 pmPosts: 660Location: Audubon Park
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bc3 wrote: Gotta love this winter if you're a bike rider, especially a commuter.
Bill. Not if you just bought a fat bike. This winter can suck it.
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HerculesTRockefeller
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:51 pm |
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 My middle name is SchwinnJoined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:12 pmPosts: 4094Location: Quoting Lebowski.
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When is it time to take your shirt off?
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biker7
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:24 pm |
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 In a gear most men use only on the downhills!Joined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:25 amPosts: 2952Location: Roseville
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As tempting as it is to take the studs off, I hesitate because the streets have so much debris and glass on them right now. My studded tires are more impervious to flats.
On the other hand going 30 mph on studded tires today was pretty scary.
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Shawn138
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:38 pm |
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bc3 wrote: 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 (A10s for me)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.
Bill. +1 I also have two sets of wheels. Front and rear, so any combo for the weather. BAM!
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versitalex
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:34 pm |
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| Does this bike make my tires look fat?Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:48 pmPosts: 631Location: 55409
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HerculesTRockefeller wrote: When is it time to take your shirt off? Coldsprints is next weekend.
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goalie
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:16 am |
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 Detests rusty chainsJoined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:10 pmPosts: 484Location: Minnetonka
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I finally just said screw it and took them off yesterday.
What a worthless winter.
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steef
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:14 am |
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 Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:27 amPosts: 6271Location: Carpetbagging between the North and the South.
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I totally forgot to put studs on my bike at all and never finished rebuilding the close to fat bike. Luckily, we're due for snow tonight. 
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tsalyards
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:48 am |
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I've been grinding it out on studs all Winter...on a heavy-ass Bakfiets with my 40+ pound kid in it. It's really rough going with the studs and I've thought about taking them off. However, I find that the studs are needed most late in Winter when the melting snow piles flow into the streets during the day and then freeze over night. Being that there's no snow to melt it seems pointless. Yet, I know that if I take them off we'll get hit with 12 inches.
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omgmrj
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:30 am |
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 Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:15 amPosts: 7209
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I've had them off for a couple months. I just put them back on Saturday, but only so I could ride the River Bottoms. They're coming off again tonight.
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slowpoke
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:58 am |
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| Detests rusty chainsJoined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:37 amPosts: 480
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Nice going, all of you. You have invoked the snow gods. bet you wish you had those studs now. Or ... you could just wait a couple hours. The temp is already above freezing and it will all be melted by noon.
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Jimperialism
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:20 am |
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| Paul Sherwen GroupieJoined: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:42 pmPosts: 111Location: portland&lake
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slowpoke wrote: Nice going, all of you. You have invoked the snow gods. bet you wish you had those studs now. Or ... you could just wait a couple hours. The temp is already above freezing and it will all be melted by noon. I just bought a new bike, and in the first week of commuting on it I saw one icy day that put me on the ground twice in about 100 feet. The first time was right after I passed a guy, so I got to feel like an idiot when he asked if I was okay and then passed me while I reoriented my shifters. I peeped the temp at 35F this morning but still said "fuck it" and swapped my studded front wheel on. I'll take a loss in rolling resistance (A10 32s here too, so not too bad) over crashing 10 times out of ten.
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ChrisAdyNelson
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:45 am |
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slowpoke wrote: Nice going, all of you. You have invoked the snow gods. bet you wish you had those studs now. Or ... you could just wait a couple hours. The temp is already above freezing and it will all be melted by noon. +1 I didn't remount the studs because of a nasty cold (driving until feeling better)... the snow will melt before the cold goes away!
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poorimpulsecontrol
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:53 am |
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| EscapeeJoined: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:32 pmPosts: 2473Location: MINNEAPOLIS
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I've kept my studs on my winter bike and have been riding my casseroll these past few weeks. This morning Ozzie Osprey Winter bike extraordinaire got to come out and RIDE! yay!
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jim_h
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:32 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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Getting those studs on and off the rims is just too much work so I'm leaving them off. I need another set of wheels. It's all melting anyway.
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Dirtyspeed
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:21 pm |
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 Wishes you would pull over or speed upJoined: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:01 pmPosts: 1109
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I've had em off for the past month, now I'm wondering if I should slap them back on.
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