Winter bike / Snow bike thread

What pressure is recommended for these then chaps?

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195 psi

19.5 psi

Seems about right

The tyres themselves are marked 35-60, although obviously as a free-spirit I refuse to be dictated to, so those are more of a guideline.

Have you considered going for a ride and seeing whether you feel they would be better with more/less air in them?

Madness!

And on a less hysterical note, it's not currently a frozen, desolate ice-field outside, so unrepresentative of the conditions that would require these wheels being put onto the bike.

In fact I could do with tyres that have added Jesus in order to ride on water, rather than studded snow/ice tyres, looking at the weather forecast.

You could create a spreadsheet of lap times vs. tyre pressure, if that helps. I know you don't enjoy anything which doesn't come with graphs.

If you email Schwalbe they send you about 50 replacement studs for nowt. Putting them in the tyre is a bit of a challenge. Meaning impossibru.

Run them a touch low to start with. PSI in winter conditions varies, though running a thick sidewalled commuting tyre too low is pretty sluggish. Try 45?

I'm starting mine at 10 PSI, and working down. Slightly wider tyres though ;)

I suspect my shit bead locks to be the first things to cause issue.

My winters are max 85 psi, I find 70 is a nice compromise for grip on the ice without being too slow when you hit tarmac again so 10 psi below the max is probably a good idea.

Interested to see how the 30c ones work out, I'm always happy to have the outer row of studs on mine when things start to go a bit sideways!

I love this thread - the snowy pictures make me feel all Christmassy.

Avoidance thread.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Just Christmas flooding over here :( my shoes are still wet from last night

I hate this thread in the winter, with all those ice tyres discussions, I mean htfu and bring back the fat bikes

I run 2.4" fat alberts this winter but they do fuck all on snow and ice.. I know they're not winter specific, but I was hoping they would work due to fatness. Nope

They should be OK on up to 6" of powder on a solid base, so just go and find some of that and avoid icy pistes or powder so deep you sink up to your axles.

apologies if reap

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So nice.

Love the way the seatstays, and DT line up, with help from those cool bends near the drop-outs.

Looks ncer with the Salsa forks than the Fatbacks though.

Perfect for London's Kwality™ roads.

My every day beater as a snow bike..

What is that red fatbike?
That is spot on.....