[Closed] Planning on buying some ice tyres tonight will t................

I've had mine for years and years - mind you, only come out for a few weeks each year - put them on this WE and using them this week.

As long as you don't brake too hard on concrete, the spikes stay put pretty well.

You get a really good workout as they weigh a ton and the drag is really high!

Contis are lighter. Mine are on their second year - mind you hardly on the bike this year

I ordered a set of those exact tyres on Friday, also from B-D.de so they should be here tomorrow... ready for the big freeze... or have I just missed it ?

I'll feedback on hw they fitted / ride ASAP

You get a really good workout as they weigh a ton and the drag is really high!

I fitted my Ice Spikers at the w/e and don't find them too slow, was expecting worse.

Bear in mind they should be 'bedded in' (ridden gently) for 50km before use on ice. They still work if you don't, obviously, but they'll lose their spikes very quickly.

I fitted Ice Spiker Pros for the first time at the weekend. They were rubbish in 6 inches of powdery snow, but so was everything else!

Commuted in today and the snow has been compacted/turned to ice, and the tyres were great, once I'd got my head around the fact that I really could ride over black ice without crashing every time. Mind you, my flattish 12 mile commute took an hour and 20 minutes, but that was partly me being a wuss until I got my confidence. On clear tarmac they span up to 16 mph without busting my legs or my lungs.

Didn't know about the bedding in thing, but not noticed any missing spikes yet.

As soon as I bought mine, the snow vanished and has never returned. Be warned.

Was worried about riding them on roads! do you really have to bed them in? Plenty of ice @ altitude planning on a big hill this weekend 🙂

As soon as I bought mine, the snow vanished and has never returned. Be warned.

mine is a more complicated relationship - bought the tyres drove to scotland no ice by the time the race came round.

put them on my spare wheels this winter, been sat there waiting to go until 3 weeks ago - when i removed them as i need the wheel for another 'project'. snow/ ice has been threatened ever since i took them off!

do you really have to bed them in?

Have had my Ice Spiker Pros on since Sunday. They are awesome, especially now the snow has turned to sheet ice. So much grip - can turn, break, etc. absolutely fine.

Here's my homemade attempt:

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They took me 45 minutes, 200 hundred sheet metal screws, and a 6 pack of beer. And less than a tenner!

I think mine are 4 years old. No need for them so far this year - but they're still looking nearly new.

Only get a few weeks use each year - but I think theyve been used for 3 puffers so far (not by me I hasten to add). Still lots of life in them.

When do people actually use them though, I haven't seen any frozen rivers or lakes recently, and any normal tyre works just fine on snow and frozen water logged ground

Normal tyres don't work on refrozen melted snow, though, which is what we end up with everywhere after any decent spell of snow.

My Ice Spiker Pros (the 361 spike version) were on tonight. No better than a good mud tyre in slush and deep snow, but on packed snow and ice - fantastic. If anything they make it too easy, not challenging enough, but I'll put up with that.

They do seem to work best if you put some effort in and spin them up to speed. They're quite a heavy tyre, but once they have some momentum behind them they're very stable and crash on through anything.

The only thing that dislodged the studs from my Nokians was long rocky beacons descents. Still, phoned them up and they sent me a pack of replacements for free 🙂

I run the Spiker Pros. Great tyre but even after some 50 miles of Tarmac only riding to bed them in, they've lost a lot of side spikes. I'd seen the website link above previously so have been careful not to push hard in mixed conditions but I've lost about 10% of the side studs on the back over a handful of rides. My LBS Is going to send them back fro Schwalbe to have a look at as they may be defective. By contrast, my Conti Spike 240s have yet to lose a single stud with more use. Hey ho!

I have had the Kenda Klondike 2.1s for the last 3 years or so. They're very heavy (1200g each) but I got them for about $30 each on sale in the spring. The weight is noticeable, but they work well in mud and certainly are great on ice or refrozen slush. I didn't bed them in (just looked them over to see if any weren't seated properly) and have not lost any studs yet. Haven't mounted them at all this year as its been pretty warm and wet here so far...

My Nokian WXC3000 or whatever they are called are about 750g btw for 2.1 kevlar.

They took me 45 minutes, [s]200 hundred sheet metal screws[/s], and a 6 pack of beer. [s]And less than a tenner![/s]

Is this you?

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Ive got a mate going to Norway in the near future, are these much cheaper over there, I might ask him to bring me back a set.

Nothing is cheaper in Norway! I presume FunkyDunc lives darn darf somwhere and has never seen a fireroad of sheet ice? Scary mind focussing things they are, particularly when there is a camber too.
The best tyre I have found for deep powdery snow is a swampthing but I have mine fat as I'm a big bloke, 2.35 and 2.5, I suspect skinny mud tyres wouldn't be as good.

When I went to Norway everything was really expensive apart from butter, which was cheaper than at home. Odd.

found my conti 240s to be pish in ice tbh - they are not the answer for powder snow either , the clue is in the name ICE SPIKER and so very slow - weigh about twice as much as my larry/endo !

i just take the sandman out on snow and ice rather than fanny about changing to spikes

Terry got a bike I am stuggling to get rid of so will now be my ice bike lethal up here @ the mo so I hope the courier hurrys up as there will be no riding for me as normal tyres are pretty useless.

Got some Schwalbe Marathon Winters that got their first outing this morning. Glassy road to get to the main road and black ice everywhere yesterday, and predicted even lower temps last night and it was time to abandon the car and trust in the studs.
They were great! Did feel slightly odd on dry tarmac, quite different, bit loose compared to my normal (700c) commuter tyres but pretty much the same on ice. Wished there was more ice by the end as my confidence grew in them and wanted to experiment on what they could do.
Didn't bed them in, just tried to be smooth and a quick check didn't reveal any missing studs either.

i run conti slashs in the snow and ice brilliant grip

Pah tyres arrived today and things have warmed up a tad,will need to gain some height tonight to make use, if not will just bed them in for next year!

Only seen a few snow flakes locally which is a shame... So have gone through our snow spike tyres and whacked them down to summer prices.

And even my pugsley has never seen snow... Just sand. Need more northern weather down here.

I use the Ice Spiker front wheel only ... The back wheel will tend to follow the front ... Gives real confidence on solid ice. Second season now and spikes looking short after about 1000km on them but still have the grip. Next season I will put anew Ice Spiker on the front-and relegate old tyre to back.