Sun, 06 Dec 1998 17:46:45 -0800
- Message No. 4554
From: Peter Bodefjord
Subject: Re: Snow...
Hi Phoebus!
I donīt have any first hand experience with spiked tyres (Sure would like to
when I crashed a few weeks ago). But I recently read a Swedish magazine that
had tested a few variations on "spiking the tyres".
You could go a couple of different ways in doing this:
A. You get some cheap rubbers (Cheng Chin or Kenda for ex.) and put in
"Enduro-spikes", ca.250 in the front tyre and 210 in the rear. they stick
out app. 6mm from the rubber and gives a marvellous grip on snow and ice, on
asphalt they suck. Itīs like riding with two flats and a fork of spaghetti.
They will also wear out in a flash on anything but ice or snow.
B.You get some cheap rubbers (see above) and then you get them to put in
car-spikes. About 200-210 in front and ca. 220 in rear. This will give you
good grip (not excellent) on snow and ice and will make it much safer to
drive on asphalt. Itīs not great on asphalt but tolerable. This way the
spikes lasts much longer. Front spikes will last several winters and rear
spikes will last depending on how hard you twist the throttle. At least
2000km before itīs time to re-spike them.
I donīt know how hard it is to get hold of companies that spike car tyres in
Greece but I know that some companies here in Sweden sell spiked tyres on
mail-order. If you want to, I will investigate to see if there is any
possibility to ship tyres to Greece.
Best wishes from Peter in Sweden
"Gravel is a must"
Phoebus Katsanos skrev:
> Well, someone asked about what we call snow down here...
> We certainly don't get as much as you guys do, but wait untill you see
> the photos of this years meeting.
>
> Now, as the discussion came up, I would like to ask you North people
> something you might know.
>
> Are there any off road tyres with spikes?
> Here in Greece you can't get any, but it would be interesting to know if
> I could get them anywhere in Europe.
> How much would they cost, and if any of you have experience on the
> subject, what's your oppinion?
> Can you ride with them say 200 km's on normal roads with no snow (to go
> to the mountain), or do they get destroyed this way?
>
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