http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Winter Tyres en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:49:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-300892 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:20:13 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 300892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for that, appreciated. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-300891 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:13:32 +0000 Ed1 300891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/schwalbe-winter-active-spike-tyre-709890?product_shape=black&amp;article_size=700x30C" rel="nofollow">https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/schwalbe-winter-active-spike-tyre-709890?product_shape=black&amp;article_size=700x30C</a></p> <p>I have had 3 of these 700 x30 2 years ago. At the time the most skinny ones they made in 700. </p> <p>Worked fine in the ice for me but went to 700x35 the following year and this year. The 700x30 can inflate to 100 psi unlike the larger ones limited to 75 or 80 PSI but they have a harsh ride in my view. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-300890 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:00:12 +0000 wingpig 300890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Smallest I have ever seen is 30mm, which I once had from bike-discount.de. I used to have an old pair lying around behind the bin which could be used for testing purposes but I think I eventually chucked them... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-300844 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:40:58 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 300844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Advice please on a 700c (skinny as poss) studded tyre and where to buy!</p> <p>Found my old wheels I hadn't thrown out after a pothole trashed the rear rim, so toying with the idea of putting a winter tyre on the front enabling the easy switcheroo!</p> <p>Limited clearance on the SS fork hence skinnyish.</p> <p>Ta </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-300223 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:29:57 +0000 SRD 300223@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to a tip in other thread (hankchief or green roofer?) mr srd had gotten a tyre seating tool thingy under the Christmas tree, and we actually got the plus off and the winter on without too much hassle. </p> <p>The trouble - predictably- turned out to be the new mudguards, which were a pain to get off.</p> <p>So now I am going to be sailing around London with no front guard. And it will doubtless be rainy (as per forecast) rather than icy and snowy ( as per warning). </p> <p>Moral of the story may be - don’t check the weather app too often.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-300222 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:28:16 +0000 SRD 300222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can’t find the latest thread. </p> <p>Can report that deciding to swap marathon pluses for marathon winters 45 mins before you have to leave for the train station is not a good idea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273503 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:18:38 +0000 Ed1 273503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see my winter tyres (Schwalbe Winter Spike Road Tyre K-Guard) are only rated at max load 75kg this may be why studs come through. I must weigh at least 110 kgs my bike is 15kgs empty by times lights water and tools would guess another 3 kgs. If the weight split between front and rear tyre is 60 percent to the back then before even load my bike the rear tyre is 76.8kg. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273439 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 22:58:47 +0000 LaidBack 273439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jss - "My motto is "3 wheels in winter ,2 in summer"</p> <p>Tweeted that more or less at the weekend. 'We've got trikes and a little ice. Turn a hazard into fun'.<br /> I reckon most cyclists just don't understand the reclined trike and bike genre... :-)</p> <p>@tulyar - Big Al at Wheelcraft. The meeting place for so many wheelers in the west! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273435 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 22:47:19 +0000 gembo 273435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jss, good motto </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273428 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:27:07 +0000 Tulyar 273428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting discussion with BromptonJunctionLDN mechanic about original &amp; 'new' rims. New rims are stiffer box section &amp; less likely to bust spokes because they flex less torsionally. A wheel is a complex marriage of spokes hub &amp; rim - further affected by choice of tyre and operating pressure, plus the flex in the frame. Dark Arts often observed being practised in a wee cave at Clachan of Campsie with copious consumption of tea &amp; Kit-Kats.#Wheelcraft </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273410 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:07:32 +0000 jss 273410@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a schwalbe winter tyre bought from the bicycle works on back of my old windcheetah trike and it gets me along the un gritted lanes in Midlothian which have been sheets of ice recently but great fun as virtually deserted.Opportunities for trike-bogganing and crazy skids<br /> They are not much slower than my normal marathon supreme on bare Tarmac either-varying the pressure from about 25 on ice to 50 on Tarmac works well<br /> My motto is "3 wheels in winter ,2 in summer" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273405 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:48:15 +0000 wingpig 273405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to get spokes popping all over the place; it was probably due to them being too tense in combination with lugging loads of heavy crap around in a pannier without much bounce in my tyres. Since moving (in stages) from 32-spoke 19-mm rims with 110psi 700C*23/25 tyres carrying loads of heavy rubbish to 36-relatively-loose-spoke 22mm rims with 28mm tyres I've hardly broken a spoke at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-273380 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:02:00 +0000 Ed1 273380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Added slime to my rear tyre the last time it popped a couple of weeks ago so then had tyre tape and slime. Last night when got home my tyre blew out 30 minutes after getting home bike it made a bang. I think the slim stopped slow puncture as lost a bit of pressure last week but never went flat. I took tyre off to add another tube and slime when took tyre of realised that tyre tube had worn out over join in tyre tape same as last time. However I also noticed a 8 mm split in the tyre wall along a seem. Although this split had not caused the flat figured this would fail at some point. I then used an old 30, 700 winter tyre had on front wheel last year. Not sure why have trouble with winter tyres breaking but did have 2 seat bolts snap until got motorcycle engine bolt. I did also have a trouble with rear wheel breaking before I got tandem wheel the longest ever time with no broke spoke. </p> <p>On Saturday I did have 10 beers and clothes and things in pannier, it may be the dead weight in pannier. I may try a front pannier next year to spread the weight or possibly this year a ruck sack for heavy objects when have winter tyres on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-271757 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:09:24 +0000 Arellcat 271757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Ed1, I normally just use the spiky tyre on the front. Only if there is a lot of ice would you need the benefit of spikes on the rear; otherwise a regular offroad tyre or even a conventional Marathon or similar would be sufficient.</p> <p>I have a Marathon Winter for the back of the crank-forward bike but it hasn't done more than a couple of hundred miles probably. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-271752 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:59:47 +0000 wingpig 271752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Marathons have a fairly big central rubbery chunk to the tread, which is is squidgy enough to make me think my tyres are deflating, which should lessen any perceived harshness caused by anti-flat tape. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616&page=2#post-271745 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:36:41 +0000 SRD 271745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Ed1 I recommend you trade in for Marathon Winters, or put normal tyre on back, unless you're sure you need them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-271714 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 23:29:44 +0000 Ed1 271714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Flat tyre on the way home tonight. 2 weeks ago a stud came through so I fitted anti puncture tape. It worked stopped the stud popping tyre. However it wore the inner tube down was loads of tiny bits of inner tube inside the tyre. I may try using gel as the tyre tape already makes tyre ride harsh and a bit harder. Hoping with gel and the tape liner will get a month before erosion causes flat. May also consider a front pannier to spread the weight better. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-271013 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:03:55 +0000 Ed1 271013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I find with rear tyre studs come through. I have not found front worse than a normal tyre for punctures. Since fitted the tyre tape no puncture although imagine tyre tape may puncture tyre eventually will sand it smooth after next puncture </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270942 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:30:29 +0000 gembo 270942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I went with front, bought cheap double walled wheel and put tyre on it. For ease of swapping. Used it two weeks in total over five years. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270941 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:27:08 +0000 unhurt 270941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers. And that is also less faff! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270940 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:26:14 +0000 HankChief 270940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Front. Stability over traction </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270939 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:20:53 +0000 unhurt 270939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you were too lazy to put winter tyres on both wheels, which one would you pick? Asking for a friend... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270881 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:15:17 +0000 Ed1 270881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes my winter tyre is just active not a marathon. I would have spent £ 10 more on a marathon if new was tougher will try that next year or this year depending how the fix holds up.</p> <p>When I fitted the anti puncture tape last night it did not say I need to sand the edge. Today watching videos on line people said need to sand edge were it over laps. I bought sand paper today but held up for the 10 miles I cycled today. Does everyone sand the edge? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270873 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:42:58 +0000 SRD 270873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Unhurt - first on my pop briefing was going to be 'buy zip ties' because you will use more than you ever though possible...</p> <p>We used the last of my stash on our last demo.</p> <p>and the final emergency ones when fitting the 20" marathon winters. </p> <p>@ed1 is your puncturing tyre a marathon winter? or just a winter? I find the marathon winters much less prone to stud coming through. But I only use them on front wheel. Back wheel might be too much even for them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270869 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:32:01 +0000 unhurt 270869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD you mean not everyone already has a permanent supply of cable ties kicking around at the bottom of every bike bits storage box in the house? I even have some in my desk drawer at work (because someone left <em>green</em> ones in the random stationery store next door &amp; they looked like they needed a careful owner. Ahem). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270821 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:40:56 +0000 Ed1 270821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is the decathlon anti puncture tape fitted quite a mission to fit glad tyre was not new. That tape is so strong don't know how it could puncture from a stud again. I did not take the stud coming through out figure it will never wear through the tape.</p> <p>If cant get a new tyre and need one immediately.<br /> I have a spare spare winter tyre, 30, 700 winter tyre not a marathon an active half the spikes, has over 1000 miles on it but never penetrated used it on the front wheel last winter. Tread and carcass still in good shape , spikes better than my 200 mile spare. I switched to 35, 700 this year as found the 30, 700s would tram line badly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270820 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:40:29 +0000 SRD 270820@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to a kind CCE-emergency-tyre-fairy we have a loaner.</p> <p>Now we just have to put them on. Hoping 700cc is easier than the 20".</p> <p>Wish Santa had remembered to give MrSrd the promised big bag o zipties in his stocking instead of the bike shaped pasta. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270819 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:37:28 +0000 Arellcat 270819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Biketrax('s website) shows the Continental Nordic Spike, in both <a href="https://www.biketrax.co.uk/m50b0s741p4328/Continental-Nordic-Spike-28-x-1-6-inch-120-Spikes-Black-Tyre">120-spike</a> and <a href="https://www.biketrax.co.uk/m50b0s741p4327/Continental-Nordic-Spike-28-x-1-6-inch-240-Spikes-Black-Tyre">240-spike</a> versions, in 42-622 size. Hefty price tag for both of them unfortunately. Don't be fooled by the photos; the 120-spike version has the outer spikes only.</p> <p>Would your bike accommodate a 42mm tyre? The 700c Marathon Winter is 35mm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270818 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:21:48 +0000 LaidBack 270818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only have 20" one or two. Cycle Service may have 700s but think they're closed till new year.<br /> Weather will warm up by weekend they say. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15616#post-270817 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:09:16 +0000 SRD 270817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there anywhere in town where I could get a 700cc marathon winter tomorrow? </p>