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- From: EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans)
- Subject: Re: Bulldog tire chains - opinions?
- References: <1992Dec31.115047.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 03:08:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.115047.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
- msimpson@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:
-
- >I was wondering if anyone has had any experience using Bulldog tires
- >chains for winter riding? I'd be interested in using them for offroad
- >purposes only. We've been doing a lot of winter mt. biking and a recent
- >fall on some ice has had me thinking about tire chains and studded
- >tires. Thanks for your help!
- >
- Studded tires are easy enough to make. Take a tire that you are
- willing to sacrifice to the experiement. Nail a roofing nail (those
- galvanized nails with heads about 1/2" in diameter) through the tread
- from the inside, oh say about every inch or so, staggered slightly
- along the tread's centerline. Line the tire with one (or more) old
- tubes (split along the rim side). Mount the tire, pump it up, and
- use a pair of wire cutters to cut off the nails "flush" with the
- outside of the tire; the cutters usually leave a chisel shaped end
- sticking out maybe 1/16" from where you started the cut. All told,
- this takes less than an hour...or you could buy a studded tire (I
- think IRC made/makes one called the Blizzard).
-
- Note: Someone, maybe Jobst, recently discussed the physics of
- traction on ice. I believe that the assertion was that rubber
- gets pretty good traction on ice so long as there isn't any water;
- as soon as water gets between the rubber and ice, you are infect
- iceskating. Before investing too much effort in chains/studded
- tires, I would look up that post.
-
- ..Richard E+17
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