Studded Tires

[2_i]

Same, here, the lightly (106) studded Nokians became my least used tires since I got Conti TopContact Winter, in particular with lamellas. I only turn to the heavily (240) studded Nokian/Suomi when it gets really rough. By the way, Conti Winter I, that had no lammellas, but just winter rubber formulation and some glass shards embedded, rather than studs, have also been good.

[mig]

I would suggest looking into non-studded Conti Top Contact Winter https://www.continental-tires.com/bicyc ... r2-premium. These tires take care of most of my winter needs. I turn to studded tires only when there is a heavy build-up of snow an/or long stretches of ice develop.

as a side note on these tyres i expected them to wear significantly if used year 'round but they are fine. for reasons of a shortcut i even used a bike shod with these during the extreme heat in the summer without issue. expensive but good. mine measure up more like a 32c tyre on touring rim widths.

[seph]

Just got some of these to replace my ageing ( 10 yr plus) snow studs.
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-winte ... -road-tyre
Bargain at £12