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Studded snow tires . . . for bicycles

posted by Brent Hugh at 12/26/2007 08:43:00 AM

Bradly Fletchall's Bicycle Frenzy blog covers a timely topic--bicycle tires with traction for winter conditions:

So its winter time and for much of the country that means snow and ice. Bicycles don’t always do very well in these conditions but you do have some choices to increase traction and decreasing slippage. They all revolve around studded tires.

When it comes to studded tires you can either buy off the shelf studded tires or you can add the studs your self. It doesn’t end their though. There seems to be a few different methods to studding the tires your self.

Read Bradly's post for the full scoop on buying or making studded snow tires for your bicycle.