Testing out some home made studs

[splat]

well a couple of weeks ago I made a Set of Studded tires for my Sons Bike, Yesterday they had there maiden voyage , Today was the real test .

Last night as we drove by a Weston Pond we noticed there were people Ice skating on it . I instantly thought ride.


So he and I rode out bikes over there.

the pond in most places had about a 1/2 inch of crusty stuff on the top , with patches of super smooth Ice.

Here is my Son ras we got on the pond

http://home.comcast.net/~jgoeller/misc/IMG_4588.jpg


Here he dicided to lock up the rear Backes on sone smooth Ice.
also Here is a Side shot of his Bike MMcG , ( Like the front Spoke Pattern ? I had fun Making that wheel )

http://home.comcast.net/~jgoeller/misc/IMG_4591.jpg

A pic of the Old Man

http://home.comcast.net/~jgoeller/misc/IMG_4613.jpg

Now a little refreshers

here is one ofthe tires I made , 1/2 Sheet metal Screws In an set of Old IRC ( studded ) Blizzards , THe studs are pretty work but you can see they are still there

http://home.comcast.net/~jgoeller/misc/IMG_4524.jpg


Now this is the pattenr these tires make with Me Using them , my son at 60 pounds doesn't make as pronouced a pattern.

you can see the outer scrapes from the screws , and the old worn studs are still actually getting some bite. this was also after lowering the air presure some too.

http://home.comcast.net/~jgoeller/misc/IMG_4596.jpg

[BigMac]

cool, but watch out for flats

[bike187]

looks good. i remember last winter, my first time on studs. just putzing around on the frozen resevoir. what i've learned= don't use the front brakes too much when going fast (it'll slide out easily if your wheels aren't perfectly straight in the same line), power skids on the rear are fun, with some practice you can pull360 skid spins nicely (180, lock the front at an angle and then it slides around). fun stuff. and the access road at nam next to the powerlines at the highway, the steep one. new tires don't get enough grip to bite suffeciently into the ice to slow a 250# rider going down. i've got nokian extreme 296, but would like to try out a pair of the freddy's revenge ones for pure ice trails.

[gnurider1080]

if you want some freddy's revenge tires, theres some for sale cheap on busted spoke.