Bagh. All on the second day in as many (rolling) weeks when I left the house without my camera. Still, at least it means it won't be crushed (or driven into my kidneys) if I slide off on the way home.
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Commuting
Ice! (Mon 7th)
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Just fitted the Marathon Winters on the CX/Tourer/Winter bike this afternoon and took it for a few laps of the local roads to get them bedded in. Temperatures were falling rapidly but it was a beautiful sunset.
The tyres will be coming off until we're once again threatened by ice.
I used the Conti Ice Spikers on the MTB for commuting last year and never had any scary moments. These are A LOT louder though!
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I put mine on yesterday and overheard a chap say to his female companion that I had a flat, in the manner of a chap keen to impress a lady with his manly knowledge of things mechanical.
I was smug to myself.
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This Schwalbe Ice Spiker and the Marathon Winter on the back of my blue bike are incredibly loud on tarmac. On my trip to the supermarket today everyone I passed looked around in surprise (or horror) to see what was making the awful Rice Krispies noise.The Ice Spiker wanders a little bit once you reach 16mph or so, but it's no worse than my old Panaracer Duster Pro did.
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I can't believe you guys are riding around on spiked tyres in such mild weather! Is this just the bedding in period?
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Schwalbe says that the spike tyres should be 'run in' for 40km on asphalt to ensure that the spikes are fully bedded in before using them in anger. Forty kilometres! I did about four and that was embarassing enough!
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I rode mine last week and will return to the road tyred bike tomorrow. Its balmy warm...
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Category one routes will be gritted tonight.
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Cool B-)
Anyone know what the rec. running in pressure is for Marathon Winters?
First run out for them tomorrow!Posted 13 years ago # -
40km for the Marathon Winters. I did mine last weekend!
Checking them as I took them off, one stud was almost out of its fitting, so I just popped it back in.
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yup 40km was on the tag, just wondered what tyre pressure would be best :-)
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They should be run in at high pressure Smudge. I lost a bunch of studs already, not sure the running in really worked for me. :-/
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Thanks, I'll try about 60psi then and see how it goes. Sorry to hear about the escape of your studs :-/
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I can confirm that Uberuce's ice tyres sound somewhere between rice krispies, an ornamental water feature and being gently on fire.
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Smudge, I've inflated mine to something approximating 55±5psi for the running-in. I've still done only 4km so far, which isn't much! I think the key is to really go easy on the acceleration and braking; throwing the bike into a corner feels distinctly dodgy.
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