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Originally Posted by Dan  I have been thunking about rollers. Lenny posted this; Studded Tires- BikeTiresDirect.com Snow tires for bikes I am wondering how much these would enhance the friction of a friction drive. Not all that expensive.
Thanks Lenny. I was wondering how to DIY snow tires. I live in CT and ride most all of the winter |
Check out some mountain bike forums. There should be some studded tire howtos there. A good friend of mine used to ride all winter long up in maine when we were in school. He used to DIY snow and ice tires. He used some sort of short hardened steel screw, he then got tubes of silicone from home cheapo and slathered that in, put in a layer of old tube. The metal stuck out only about 1/8th inch or so, but he said once he did it he never slipped on ice ever, said he coiuldn't even when he tried.
I don't think studs would work on a friction drive though... Unless your using a rubber type roller. And even then I think it ould cause more issues than worth. You could try it on the front tire and leave the rear tire alone...
I think the big issue is that all the studded bike tires I've seen have VERY aggresive treads for mountain biking- something like the old tioga psychos I used to ride on- toothy rough tires- things that friction drives HATE. I've got cheapo tires on my mountian bike now and the friction drive hates them. On my MadWagon I've got smooth tires. The smooth street tires run way better.