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Wondering what the consensus is on studded tyres for winter commuting in London? One on front or both? Or not worth it at all?
We have a pair of 26” schwalbe snow stud in the house we got years ago for cheap and liz has 2 commuters(one 26” and one 700c). Both have guards so fine on wet days. As the 26” doesn’t see much use I figured I’d set one up ready to to go for proper frozen mornings.
The snow studs are only studded on the shoulders so shouldn’t be too skiddy/noisy on tarmac. Basically just wondering if anyone has much experience commuting on them and if they’re considerably better/worse than the big apples on there at the mo.