Eric, I don't think that the you+your bike+gear weight with studs is enough to make an appreciable amount of wear & tear on the roads (any more than biking with non-studded tires). And if it does, it's better than spilling in front of a car and making an impact on your head or rear :). Since you pay the same taxes that car drivers and bus riders do you are allowed to use the roads too (I know that doesn't give you license to tear them up, but I've never seen any evidence that this happens).
I have cheaper Kenda Klondike studded tires and they have not worn out yet after 2 seasons of nearly daily weekday commuting on ice/snow/pavement/sandy pavement. I've heard that the hardened metal of the Nokian tips last even longer and if you spring for studded tires with replaceable studs you should be golden. -India ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Sundquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:35 am Subject: Re: [Bikies] Knobbies or Slick/Knobbie combo? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I got studs for my bad weather commuter last year, but usually the > ride in is partly snowy/icy and partly dry, so I've been reluctant to > use them out of concern that the studs will 1) wear down on the dry > parts, and 2) mess up the pavements there. I can see the studs wore > down a little just in the two months I used them; I don't have any > empirical evidence on the pavements, but you'd think studs would wear > them out. But am I overthinking this? > > Eric _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
