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PostTue Jan 02, 2018 12:48 pm 
I went looking for some kind of apples to apples studded vs non comparison. Oddly enough, I found this two part series with some guy using the tires I picked up (Coopers). He starts and stops with the studless ones, then changes tires to the studded ones and does it again. IMO in Washington the difference on studding or not will come down to how much ice you actually deal with. Wetsiders not so much, here, we just got out of a week of consistent cold temps and icing everywhere. Its hard to find good tire comparos with all the leading brands and instrumented repeatable testing

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PostTue Jan 02, 2018 1:09 pm 
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I would have like to see Hakkas and X-Ice included in the test
I really wish Nokians would be included in more comparison tests. I suspect its almost a coin toss between Nokian Hakkas and Blizzaks, but conditions can make a big difference. Maybe part of the problem is the Nokian WRG's are one of the very few tires in its category of being snowflake rated (weather, not political slant), combined with doing well in hot summer weather, and excellent in rain. Tough to compare when nothing else fills that niche. All studs versus no-studs snow tires comparisons I have read usually overlook extreme icy conditions and/or say that is the one exception for no-studs being as good. In Western WA, including lots of Winter mountain trips, I never felt I needed anything more than the Nokian WRG's, as long as I drove carefully. One "bad" Winter in Central Oregon and a couple of death defying trips up the sheet of ice to Mt Bachelor, and I ran out and bought studded Hakkas. I still think the studded Hakkas would be way overkill in Western WA. But it sure is nice to drive normally no matter what Central OR icy winters throw at us. And that 25 minute drive up to the XC/snowshoe areas is really no stress.

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PostTue Jan 02, 2018 8:23 pm 
MtnGoat wrote:
...for a long time siping carried with it sort of a pseudo status where some swore by it and still others said it was all a hoax carried out by tire places to make an extra bit per tire, by siping any new tire you wanted on the machine in back. Look at the modern snows in this thread...nearly every one is heavily and deeply siped
The question, though, is whether it does any good to sipe tires with non-winter rubber.

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PostTue Jan 02, 2018 8:50 pm 
Should I sipe my bicycle tyres?

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PostTue Jan 02, 2018 10:05 pm 
Riverside Laker wrote:
Should I sipe my bicycle tyres?
Please do. And post pics and results. I can't wait..... biggrin.gif

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PostTue Jan 02, 2018 11:51 pm 
In Canada folks would do it yourself studded bike tyres with an old tyre and roofing nails. Now they use fat bikes.

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PostWed Jan 10, 2018 9:33 am 
Gregory wrote:
...I have an all wheel drive with tires full of walnut shells for that.
Really? The tire is filled with ground up shells? How is that done, and for what reason? Tell me about this, if you would please.

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PostWed Jan 10, 2018 10:01 am 
I did studded bike tyres when a kid, using tacks. It worked pretty well. Occasionally the duck pond in Portland would freeze and it worked well on that ice. But I got flats easily, probably due to sloppy nail work. Kids don’t do that nowadays, either because of global warming or video games. Or maybe it’s due to higher tacks rates.

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PostWed Jan 10, 2018 12:54 pm 
Crushed walnut shells are mixed with the rubber compound. It was very common for retread winter tires to have walnut shells mixed into in the tread back in the 50s-early 70s. The theory was the crushed shells gave extra "bite". The little walnut pieces popped out and left a little divot with all the walnut shell tires I ever had. Perhaps those little holes acted like siping? edit: More specifically the crushed shells are in the tread compound. No shells are in the casing, sidewalls, or bead

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PostWed Jan 10, 2018 12:54 pm 
Riverside Laker wrote:
Or maybe it’s due to higher tacks rates
good one!

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PostWed Jan 10, 2018 2:13 pm 
moonspots wrote:
Gregory wrote:
...I have an all wheel drive with tires full of walnut shells for that.
Really? The tire is filled with ground up shells? How is that done, and for what reason? Tell me about this, if you would please.
http://www.1010tires.com/Tires/Reviews/Toyo/Observe+G-02+plus

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PostThu Jan 11, 2018 8:14 am 
Schenk wrote:
Crushed walnut shells are mixed with the rubber compound...
Well, that's interesting. Partly due to the inclusion of shells in the compound, but mostly because I'd never heard of this. See, a guy can always learn something new! Thanks.

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PostThu Jan 11, 2018 8:23 pm 
When I was a kid people ran "sawdust" tires. Same idea as the walnuts...or maybe it really was walnuts and just called sawdust ??

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PostThu Jan 11, 2018 8:30 pm 
FWIW: Blizzak DM-V2 on my AWD Honda CRV pushed through all the new snow overnight and during the day today at Snoqualmie -- even pushing through the berm between the WAC parking lot and the Alpental road. No problems in Lot 4 -- I was able to swerve around several off-leash dogs with ease (cross thread from T-A-Y)

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PostThu Jan 11, 2018 8:44 pm 
Any credibility to all the bruhaha on Social media that Washington state patrol is requiring AWD vehicles, even with studded snow tires, to carry chains in the passes "just in case", ala Rainier Nat'l park. Large fine if caught without carrying them. And I really don't want to buy a set from Les Schwab every Fall, just to sell them back in the Spring. (minus restocking fee, I assume) Does this mean I need to dig up my universal fit (i.e. doesn't fit anything I own) cables and carry them when I travel into WA in the winter now? I can't imagine conditions when my studded Hakkas wouldn't work, but cables would, on a paved plowed road. I high center on snow before studded tires give up with AWD BTW, I thought I remembered Michelin had some tires with walnut shells in them for winter traction many years ago. All that comes up on searches currently are TOYO tires with walnut shells.

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