the sun is out. the shoveling is done. my arms are toast. having a beer (make that two) with lunch. works officially closed. snowman building scheduled for this afternoon. easy living on the home front. unsure of riding to work tomorrow. roads will be narrow. surface conditions a mystery considering the depth of snow. studs work on ice but no extra help in the muck with cars passing too close for comfort. maybe use the internal combustion machine instead. let the plows and sun do their thing.
so here's a debatable question: whats better for snow riding; skinny slick tires cutting thru the snow down to the asphalt, fatter knobby cross type tires with studs for gripping the surface and somewhat cutting thru, or super wide endomorph tires riding on top of it all?
2 comments:
endomorph when its a trail with a solid base of snow
23s when you're in the city, melts quick, slice through the slush down to the pavement
'cross (studded in nec) tires for you, a nice combination of cutting to the bottom in snow n slush, but knobs and volume to roll over and grip frozen crunchy ice and snow from the plows.
thems my 2 cents, no refunds
I've ridden regularly with all the above. The best tire for the most conditions is the Endomorph. Temperature is really the key here and knowing what tire is the best for what conditions. Studs, skinnies and knobbies are good for some conditions, but the one tire that can take on all conditions is the Endomorph. It excells at packed snow, loosely packed snow on roads, slush and bumpy rutted ice. With its ability to go from 6 psi to 15 or 20psi, you can adjust it to many conditions.
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