I'm running Schwalbe Marathon Winters in the 26"x1.75 width (not sure of the actual) at 30-45 PSI depending on conditions (softer on ice/ snow, harder in slush/clear conditions.) I weigh 205 lbs and ride a mountain bike during the winter (I'm sure as heck not exposing my Riv to all this salt and uck.)
Generally OK. As stated earlier momentum is key to a lot of it. But the two things I'm finding can be ugly are wet ice and wetish compacted snow. Usually the tire tracks left behind cars just after or during a snow storm where there's about 1/4-1/2" of very compacted snow that has a layer of slush over the top. I don't think there's any tire that performs well in this particular situation. It's too dense for skinny tires to cut through and too slick/thick for knobbies or studs to work well on. Although I'm getting a set of used Nokian Extremes in the mail in a few days and I might give them a shot during the next big snow and or ice storm just to see how they fair in those conditions although about 95% of the time they'd be overkill for commuting and the like. Wet glare ice seems to give the studs something to bite into on the Marathon Winters but not enough. I was starting to fish tail a bit during some of the more treacherous nights we've had recently with ice on the roads. Good luck! Ethan On Jan 30, 11:01 am, Sean Whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > I was never a mountain biker, so most of my attempts to ride in the snow > usually end up either with me staring up at the sky from a cold an painful > landing on the street, or teetering on the verge of collapse at less than 5 > mph. > > What do you folks do? > > What tires at what pressure? > > Thanks, > Sean --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
