Winter and Cyclocross tyres / tires

just bought a pair of the above and waiting for 'em to be delivered...

been really wet here and keep slithering about on bloody stupid leaf covered granite paving stones and cobbles built into the cycle paths, and the greasy tram lines-one of which conspired to me doing a superman over the bars and skidding along on my elbows last week so hoping these bad boys sort me out ;(

kind of wondering whether I should have just gone for studded ones but hear a few folk say they wear out really quick and if you're riding on clear roads it does them in even faster.

Carbide studs last quite a while. They have serious downsides though.

They are fecking heavy,
they make for a horrible ride on bare tarmac, and
they will trash your clothes if you fall or slip.

My conti studded tyres have lost some studs now. But they still seem to work. Thats after years of service, in varible conditions.

This is a brilliant solution. Grip studs. You install them yourself. So you can fine tune your tyres to your needs. You can even remove them again after the worst of winter. Works out real expensive TBH. But I'm sold on the idea. I put a 100 in each of my fat tyres, and will test them to see if I want 50 more in each.

http://www.gripstuds.com/