Pneu d'hiver

[stinkyshonen]

par stinkyshonen » Ven Nov 25, 2005 7:58 pm

[Trudo]

par Trudo » Sam Nov 26, 2005 4:26 pm

[stinkyshonen]

par stinkyshonen » Sam Nov 26, 2005 5:38 pm

[raceimp]

par raceimp » Dim Nov 27, 2005 8:53 am

[Trudo]

par Trudo » Dim Nov 27, 2005 11:44 am

À Montréal vous êtes sur l'asphalte toute l'année mais pas ici au Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Ici les rues et trottoir sont soit enneigées ou bien glacées à l'année. Je veux donc des pneus de vélo montagne assez larges pour flotter dans la neige et avec des clous pour la glace perpétuelle de ma région.

[raceimp]

par raceimp » Lun Nov 28, 2005 8:27 am

[dsa]

par dsa » Lun Nov 28, 2005 9:43 am

[BOX]

par BOX » Lun Nov 28, 2005 10:54 am

The thing is you have pros and cons for using a slim tire versus a fat tire. I would have to say there is no universal combination. Not every tire combo works for everyone. Basically what I think it comes down to is if you want to have more rubber material and have more float or have less rubber material and have less float.


Key things you want to look for in buying winter tires:

1 – You don’t want them to be a hard compound. They should be soft so when the temperature goes below freezing you don’t want your tires to get so stiff that you have no more grip on the ash fault.

2- You want to make sure that they clean well. When I refer to cleaning I mean that they shed the snow very well. Its great to have a good aggressive tire that grips supper well but if it has an inch of show sticking to it you might as well be riding on slicks covered with ice. The key thing is to look for something will a good breaking pattern but has a lot of space between the crampons.

Depending on the snow conditions I will ride with a thin tire that will cut threw the snow and hit the ground with ought too much float. If it’s hard pact snow I will ride with a very aggressive tire in front and back. If it’s more of a slush condition I actually like to ride with a aggressive tire in front and a supper thin slick in the back. The reason for this is you want to have as much control over your front wheel. As long as your front wheel is stable you will stay upright as soon as your front wheel will go out of control even slightly forget about it, its over you might as well just bail from the bike. I am sure all of you has experience this at one time or another when coming down hill and breaking with your rear wheel sliding all over the place. And yet you stay on your bike. But as soon as you are turning on wet leaves and you clip your front tire its over you’re going down.

But then again for XC riding I like big fat tires I love to play with the different float conditions. So it really comes down to you have to try different combos and see what you like. In general I think it’s a good idea to go with a thinner tire then what you usually ride.(if it works for cars it works for bikes) if you do a lot of city riding or XC but climbing you want to go more towards a much thinner tire. But for free ride and downhill stuff I like big phat tires with lots of carbon steel spikes. Important I hate riding spikes downtown. They are unreliable and can cause a lot of slippage when you are turning and you jump off of your spike. Anyways I have to get back to work I hope that helped a bit…..

[BOX]

par BOX » Lun Nov 28, 2005 10:56 am

all that said .....

All i have to say is Schwalbe CX Pro.
Price = $30
The rubber dosnt freez.... they make them for 26" and 700
its a 26" X 1.35 can have a max PSI of 95lbs.

i have been using them for 2 years now and almost everyone that i have had try them will only ride winter with them or cyclo cross compete with them.


thats what i ride 97% of the time...

http://www.schwalbe.com/index.pl?bereic ... rodukt=209

[Trudo]

par Trudo » Lun Nov 28, 2005 3:42 pm

[HypNoTic]

par HypNoTic » Lun Nov 28, 2005 4:54 pm

[Marc25]

par Marc25 » Lun Nov 28, 2005 6:10 pm

[dsa]

par dsa » Lun Nov 28, 2005 7:03 pm

[raceimp]

par raceimp » Mar Nov 29, 2005 9:50 am

[Trudo]

par Trudo » Mar Nov 29, 2005 10:14 am