You are reading a single comment by @Dammit and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
ltc
@Dammit
Remember when we had all that snow years ago? I was driving the Volvo at that point, on summer tyres. This was in London, and I had to park a couple of miles from home and walk back the rest of the way, which was quite fun in a way, but I parked because it wasn't safe to continue driving.
Same day, walking up the hill I live on, just where it gets steeper there were 3-4 abandoned cars that had got that far and no further.
Given the minimal outlay, and that a proper set of winters enables you to drive in countries where they are a legal requirement, and that they are going to perform better than summer tyres when it's juts a bit cold and wet then why not use them?
I'll have snow chains in the boot, also. Again - no real penalty to carrying them, potentially a lot of benefit. And 550 bhp probably needs some help to find traction.