Yeah, I can see that- might well work better in harder packed snow, today was almost all soft or fairly slushy (though mostly still riding on snow rather than just cutting through it to the ground under, as sometimes happens).
It’s listed as an mtb tyre on the Schwalbe website so I’d kind of assumed it’d do an mtb job but then it’s reasonable for it to be a “When you commute on the mtb because it’s a bit iffy” mtb tyre I reckon- I’ll keep using it for that.
Thanks for the offer on the Contis- I’ll pass for now but much appreciated. I’ll see how I get on with the ice spiker.
I got some use from the studs and was quite impressed by that when it happened, but definately not touching the ice most of the time- spun up like any other. Got them to touch down by dropping a lot lower, maybe 20-ish, but was going to flat in no time like that.
Was quite deflated! I started the day all smug, then got to watch my mate just getting on with business on his barons 😆 The swine.