http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The ongoing battle with studded tyres en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:01:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-266568 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:00:45 +0000 fimm 266568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My colleague has already been using his... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-266563 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:07:58 +0000 rider73 266563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the only problem with studded tyres i found is its the great safe feeling in the morning when it is icy and can cycle without a care in the world.........but a noisy draggy PIA going home in the evening when its 9degrees, such is the weather these recent winters (inverness weather i should add, first time for me down here in Edinburgh this winter) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-266552 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:07:54 +0000 unhurt 266552@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Soon? </p> <p>I am almost certain @Snowy has now promised to fit mine for me. Pub conversation. But my memory is definitely the correct version... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-266551 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:58:09 +0000 Ed1 266551@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it time for studded tyres yet? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-183572 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:48:26 +0000 SRD 183572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ours came off yesterday too. If we get hit by Sheila's brush* you know who to blame. </p> <p>*explanation here for everyone except newbie deleriad (nice to have at least one person on the forum who might get my esoteric references) <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NL/ID/2659289950/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NL/ID/2659289950/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/the-legend-of-sheilas-brush/23050/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/the-legend-of-sheilas-brush/23050/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-183571 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:43:42 +0000 HankChief 183571@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whoosh... 10mins faster on the commute this morning...</p> <p>Maybe connected to taking my studs off last night... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-179109 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:02:33 +0000 wee folding bike 179109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've had three of them on my Longstaff for about three years with no issues. The front Brompton one has been fine.</p> <p>I'm going to parcel it up and send it back to Brilliant Bikes later in the week. Time for a mince round now.</p> <p>The Longstaff is sitting at the front of the garage because they have promised snow. I'm not convinced. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-179027 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:03:18 +0000 HankChief 179027@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You're probably right. I guess I'll find out if it was the back of a stud soon enough...</p> <p>It was at the join of the puncture proof tape so I was wondering if the 2 layer bit had caused it - but it's a soft tape so probably not. </p> <p>The tyre is only a month old so I'd hope it wasn't the back of the studs so soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-179026 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:56:07 +0000 wee folding bike 179026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd understand if you didn't want to take the tyre back off again and have a look but that's what I was getting. When I flexed the tyre a little I could see the back of the stud had come through the tyre carcass. I think that was what caused the punctures as the position matched up with the punctures. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-179024 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:31:39 +0000 HankChief 179024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As a result of me innocuously favoriting a tweet of SRDs today about how hard it was to fit 20" Marathon Winters I had a visit from the fairy to my back wheel on the way home. :(</p> <p>Given my usual performance at such matters I wasn't looking forward to fixing it.</p> <p>The good news is that after only a hour I have fixed it - a new personal record and only one use of a lever putting it back on.</p> <p>Hopefully it will stay fixed unlike my last attempt. The weird thing was I couldn't for the life of me find anything sharp inside the tyre. I could find the hole in the tube easy enough and it was on the outside and I have some extra 'puncture resistant' tape round the inside of the tube which should stop these things. Nothing sharp in there either. Fingers crossed we won't be visited again. </p> <p>One good thing was being able to try out my new bike stand, which worked amicably and made getting the wheel on and off a lot easier.</p> <p>It did also highlight a couple of hub issues which I'll start a new thread for. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178850 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:20:24 +0000 wee folding bike 178850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is plenty of clearance round the tyres on a Brompton. I've not noticed them scratching the bottom of the frame when folded.</p> <p>One morning it looked quite glassy on our road so I asked the memsahib in the evening if the road was slippery. Apparently her traction control, well, her car's traction control really, had been working like crazy and someone else had skated into the roundabout. I had no indication at all, it just rolled as if it was on a dry road.</p> <p>I lost a couple of studs early on but Brilliant Bikes were able to send me a packet of spares and the tool to fit them. They only have two rows of studs, the Marathon Winters on the Longstaff have four. There is a definite shoulder on the tread, more like a mountain bike tyre than something I would normally have on a Brompton. It's a bit odd cornering at first but you get used to it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178844 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:49:57 +0000 SRD 178844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had similar issue with flats, but only after tyre had seen a fair bit of use. </p> <p>Glad to hear someone has tried out the new Brompton-sized tyres. i was disappointed when no one replied to my original query (May not have been this three, can't be bothered going back and checking). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178841 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:19:06 +0000 wee folding bike 178841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've had Schwalbe Marathon Winters on my Longstaff for a few years with no issues. A couple of months ago I fitted Schwalbe Winters on a Brompton. For a few weeks they were great. In the last two weeks I had three punctures which seem to line up with places where the back of the stud is visible inside the tyre. That one is going back to Schwalbe and I'll see what they say about it.</p> <p>Cars have been sliding around the road and I had no idea how icy it was.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/aedan/15741165984" title="IMG_1756 by aedan, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/15741165984_6e57afe503.jpg" alt="IMG_1756" /></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178250 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:42:14 +0000 friskiffla 178250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I love the Colin Furze vids. The jet bike is particularly inspiring. 'Raleigh Shoppers aren't meant to go at 50mph'... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178247 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:20:13 +0000 wingpig 178247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's not riding them on the right sort of surface. Knobbly rubber sheeting with carbide protrusions would be better. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178246 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:11:59 +0000 Greenroofer 178246@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This brings a whole new meaning to the words "ice tyres". He had some problems with them disintegrating too...<br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iA5mbNOats">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iA5mbNOats</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178244 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:46:44 +0000 Kenny 178244@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 for front. I have yet to fit the studded rear this winter, no problems in -4C temp this morning e.g. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178222 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:16:17 +0000 HankChief 178222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Galaxy - that's exactly the same as what happened to my tyres with similar outcome. See opening post of this thread - and the follow up when it went pop at 20mph.</p> <p>I put it down to my battle to get them on, but sounds like you didn't have the same trouble, so maybe a manufacturing weakness. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178218 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:37:41 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 178218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks stiltskin, that's handy as it is the rear that is knackered, although they were not too hard to fit anyway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178216 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:32:09 +0000 stiltskin 178216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Front. You can often control a rear wheel slide. Lose the front and you are normally on the floor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178215 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:16:03 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 178215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I fitted my schwalbe snow tyres last week and had great fun pulling the kids on their sledges. However, this morning I puntured twice on the way to work and second time saw that the wire bead in one of the tyres is exposed and was poking into the tube. I will need to return it and hope they can replace it, but in the meantime would I be better putting the remaining studded tyre on the front or the back? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178002 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:08:09 +0000 paddyirish 178002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Ed1</p> <p>I've ridden over ice with the studded tyres and had no problems so far. Others will be more experienced than I but my 2c are</p> <p>1) Ride confidently and as close to what you would do normally as you can. Trust your tyres. If you are indecisive and wobbly, you're more likely to fall off just like you would be in summer.<br /> 2) If time is no obstacle and you are nervous, on icy days let some air out of your tyres (note the recopmmended pressure on teh tyre walls)- gives you more contact area.<br /> 3) Anticipate time to turn and brake gently before you enter the turn.<br /> 4)At the weekend, if it is icy, find an empty icy car park or somewhere off-road to practice and play. You should be able to do pretty tight turns and stay upright. Practice stopping from a normal speed and work out if your stopping distance is different.<br /> 5)Be aware that unless you have studded shoes- when you put your feet down you probably will slide a bit there</p> <p>Good on you for getting out there- hope you have a ball! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=6#post-178001 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:56:02 +0000 condor2378 178001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Ed1</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wfuzy0r14s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wfuzy0r14s</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177999 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:43:17 +0000 Ed1 177999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How well do the studded tired cope with ice, could someone cycle on an ice rink with studded tires ? Of course no plans to cycle on an ice rink but I wonder if came across a large puddle that was frozen and had the effect of an ice rink would studded tires stop bike tipping? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177891 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:03:58 +0000 stiltskin 177891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can just unscrew the quick release all the way and then put it back the other way round. The handle is usually the opposite side to the cassette. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177889 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:06:47 +0000 Ed1 177889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>2 hours, a can of the good stuff. finally got studded tires on (never changed a tire before took a bit of fiddling to get the feel for it). I fitted the front tire twice in the wrong direction, brain of Britain. </p> <p>Now all in the right direction but my quick release handle is now on a different side of the bike at the back does this matter?</p> <p>"Unbelievable!! Just fitted my cheap Schwalbe winter studded tyres last night and they were amazing this morning on and off road. Bargain at £11.99 each."</p> <p>I am quite looking forward to trying mine, praying for some snow and ice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177768 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:49:50 +0000 Ed1 177768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see there is snow and ice outside today I will need to fit my cheap Schwalbe snow and ice studded tyres. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177760 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:23:05 +0000 ianfieldhouse 177760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had my first commute of the winter on the marathon winters this morning. I'd forgotten just how secure you feel on them and my trip along the towpath was most enjoyable and only ruined slightly by some numpty in a flouro jacket and MTB. (<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&amp;page=54&amp;replies=1596#post-177759"> see bad cycling thread</a>) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177756 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:10:26 +0000 dougal 177756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My new Schwalbe Winters met their first cold snap today. Snow but no (obvious) ice. The deeper tread and wider profile was very reassuring on the snow. Maybe there will be some thaw-and-refreeze to try them on this evening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14090&page=5#post-177754 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:03:20 +0000 Smudge 177754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well I was glad of the marathon winters again this morning, but after four winters I think it might be time to renew them, the back wheel studs are pushed in and rounded enough that I was having the odd rear wheel slip under acceleration and they don't inspire the confidence they once did. Bargain for the number of icy patches they've successfully negotiated for less than £20/winter though. I will be buying more! :-) </p>