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Post by silverdragon on Feb 18, 2015 10:54:52 GMT
How to "Stud" a tyre...
There have been many suggestions over the years on how to get a grip with Ice.
Studded tyres?...
This is the Russians at play.
They use a box full of normal screws, Duct tape, and an inner tube.
Will it work?
Apparently yes.
But I have no idea for how long as I have never seen this particular method in use on snow tyres.
I have seen proper snow and ice studded tyres, and they dont just use normal household screws...
Plus all the weight this has, can you ride it as normal?...
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Post by the light works on Feb 18, 2015 15:41:57 GMT
How to "Stud" a tyre... There have been many suggestions over the years on how to get a grip with Ice. Studded tyres?... This is the Russians at play. They use a box full of normal screws, Duct tape, and an inner tube. Will it work? Apparently yes. But I have no idea for how long as I have never seen this particular method in use on snow tyres. I have seen proper snow and ice studded tyres, and they dont just use normal household screws... Plus all the weight this has, can you ride it as normal?... American ice racers would use hex head screws in thick knobby tires (so as not to have the screw penetrate to the inside) certainly the weight affects the dynamics a bit - but would you call this normal? |
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Post by kharnynb on Feb 19, 2015 7:48:02 GMT
It will work until you have a high-speed blowout and kill yourself due to weakened tire structure.
Pretty typical Russian"fix", it works until it kills you....
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Post by c64 on Aug 16, 2015 14:20:20 GMT
How to "Stud" a tyre... There have been many suggestions over the years on how to get a grip with Ice. Studded tyres?... This is the Russians at play. They use a box full of normal screws, Duct tape, and an inner tube. Will it work? Apparently yes. But I have no idea for how long as I have never seen this particular method in use on snow tyres. I have seen proper snow and ice studded tyres, and they dont just use normal household screws... Plus all the weight this has, can you ride it as normal?... Actually, "spikes" were pretty common in Europe until the 1970s (1974 in Germany) when they became banned because they tear up the roads when there is no snow on them. They worked very well, far better than snow chains but unlike chains, you can't just remove them when the road is running out of snow. In Germany, they are still allowed for emergency response vehicles but rarely used since roads are kept clear with salt so they have not much of an advantage any more. Also spiked tires have little grip on clear roads so I haven't seen them except once in Austria where they don't salt their roads. |
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Post by c64 on Aug 16, 2015 14:21:17 GMT
It will work until you have a high-speed blowout and kill yourself due to weakened tire structure. Pretty typical Russian"fix", it works until it kills you.... You can still buy them and they are as durable as any modern tire. They are just not legal on public roads. |
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Post by kharnynb on Aug 16, 2015 16:35:27 GMT
those russian style screws penetrate the whole tire in many spots, thus they weaken the tire a lot. Real spiked or studded tires only sit in the rubber, not go all the way through, like we use a lot in finland here.  |
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Post by c64 on Aug 16, 2015 16:41:54 GMT
those russian style screws penetrate the whole tire in many spots, thus they weaken the tire a lot. Real spiked or studded tires only sit in the rubber, not go all the way through, like we use a lot in finland here. Your government isn't crazy as ours. First they spend a fortune making the roads "soapy" with salt and then they have to ban spikes. Knowing how to drive, I like a "snow blanket" much more than a soapy, slippery road and salt eating my car! |
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Post by kharnynb on Aug 16, 2015 16:51:54 GMT
Not to mention, with the amount of roads and population density of finland, you'd go broke on salt  |
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Post by the light works on Aug 16, 2015 22:21:34 GMT
after I got a set of advanced compound tires on my car, I have neverhad a desire to run standard studded tires again. the normal winter driving habit in oregon, though, is to put studded tires on your car on the first day it is legal (and preferably the illegal "heavy" studs instead of the new legal "lightweight" studs -only difference is the heavy studs are all steel, while the lightweight studs have a steel core in an alloy sabot, so only the part that damages the road is made of steel)and then call in to say they can't come to work if there is any ice or snow on the lawn.
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