http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: tyres winter ice - Recent Topics en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:27:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1280#post-11707 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:18:20 +0000 Greenroofer 11707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see that Wiggle are now selling a <a href="http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Schwalbe_Marathon_Winter_Performance_Rigid_Road_Tyre/5360053062/">studded tyre for 'winter commuting'</a>.</p> <p>At £35 each, these are probably an expensive luxury. </p> <p>However cycletracks were pretty horrid last winter when covered in ice for what felt like weeks on end, so I wonder, are these things actually any <em>use</em> in Edinburgh.</p> <p>Anyone got any experience of them? Do they work? Do the studs stay on? Do you spend more time getting them on and off the bike than you save by being able to go where you want in the ice? etc etc... </p>