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so much for breaks.
Bah they’re disk breaks! and I can’t delete the comment! whatever. first.
disc brakes clearly visible. those wheels aren’t even compatible with rim brakes.
I saw right after posting, but couldn’t delete =(
hehehe…. RedHook Winter Hook; an appropriate beer for the project!
Say what you will, but I’ve heard this works very well!
I’ll bet this doesn’t work very well.
Oh, wait, you say it does?
Okay, then!
I don’t see fuzzy-headed beer-inspired inventiveness and the relentless urge to bike-commute over snow and ice as co-existing in the same person. Just yesterday I was plotting to try this myself.
The only problem, of course, is that this only works if you have disc brakes. Nearly all disc brakes are on high-end bikes, and most people with high-end bikes are willing to shell out the money for studded tires rather than use a cludge like this. It’s a cool idea in theory though.
Or coaster brakes- the kind found on low-end & kiddie bikes.
Even Walmart bikes are coming with full disc now. It’s the way to go. I don’t even look twice at a bike with rim brakes anymore.
Disc brakes are good on a mountain bike if you are riding in nasty conditions or are doing some serious downhill riding, but on pavement, and even cyclocross, properly setup and maintained rim brakes have more than enough stopping power and are lighter than disc brakes.
Not only more than enough, more in many cases. There’s a reason Trials riders use rim brakes for their rear wheels. In good weather they hvae MORE torque than disc brakes.
There is an alternative for other brake systems. It is a bit more time consuming and more expensive than a couple bags of zip-ties, but it works. You need two tires (a knobby tire and a smaller slick tire), a drill, and some screws.
Drill holes in the knobs on the knobby tire and run a screw through from the inside out. You will have to play around to get the right length screw. And make sure that you have enough clearance for the brakes and the frame! When you are done take the slick tire, cut off the wire beads, and put inside the knobby tire (to cover the screw heads). Put in your tube, put on wheel, and inflate.
This will give you great traction on packed snow and adequate traction on ice. It is horrible on pavement, though.
needs visual
Seems like this wouldn’t really be very effective. Then again, I’ve never tried it. I couldn’t, though; zimboptoo’s observation about brakes is of course correct, and I don’t have disc brakes on my bike.
Waste of time. I could walk to the local bike shop and pick up a pair of used tires with tread for cheap and be done riding by the time this bozo is on his third beer. Just another reason not to drink.
The icebike list (yes there’s a whole community of winter cyclists) tried this and gave it an F for Futile. It might get you home in a surprise snowfall but if this happens more than once a year you need actual studded tires or even just wind a rope around the tire. Those plastic things break down and break off within 15mins of riding in actual winter conditions. Again, even winding a rope around the tire, you need hub-based braking system.
Sweet, putting them on my Mt. Bike as we speak.
if you’re wanting to do the work, why not just kludge together a studded tire? Just get an old knobby tire, drill some screws through the tread, then line the inside with duct tape so the screw heads won’t puncture the tube.
1) How about glue and sand?
Strips looks pro, though. Like Dodge Viper somehow.
o^’o —> [glowing coal] [sand] [snow] [ice] [win]
Definitely not recommended for bikes with caliper rim brakes.
As soon as he was ready to go, he realized he had a puncture.
If time is money and zip=ties cost money, why not buy better treads?
because bikes are not normally ridden in the months of snow.
so it is normally impossible to find snow treads up here.
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folks are looked upon being wackos if they bike during months like Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar.
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fit only for the state hospitals and not for “normal” society.
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His seat is too low and the bicycle frame is too small for him.
Oh? and brittle plastic flat strips of plastic on the wheels. Don’t they make sleds (aka toboggans) out of plastic because they have a low-coefficient of friction on ice?
The idea is sound the material is not. There is a reason they do not use plastic chains as tire chains on Ice Road Truckers.
Effective or not, this was featured the other week places like Hackaday and Lifehacker.
To take apart your arguments, it’s not the face but the biting edge that should be important here.
Plastic chains on trucks is an invalid comparison, the weights and strengths are totally incomparable.
Keep your pants on son.
To take apart your arguments, this kludge is a useless POS.
Hate to have to fix a flat with that setup…
don’t worry, by the time you get a flat riding, the plastic has gotten cold and brittle and broken off.
part win, part fail.
Say what you will, at least the Ty-Wraps are in Safety Yellow.
Genius! Maybe I will consider riding my road bike. usually use mountain bike in snow with knobby tires. Also available now are studded tires for mountain bikes. the weirder the better when it comes to cycling these days. baffle ‘em with gadgetry.
What’s the point?
If you do try doing it, don’t bust your wrist tightening the zip ties like this dude did (as evidenced by his fancy parallel jaw pliers). Just let half the air out of your tires, then air them back up after getting the zip ties finger tight. That’s how you get a rope to stay on…
That’s working fine, tried it 10 years ago. But with an old cable…
This is a horrible idea. It may give a little better pedaling traction. But try turning. The smooth surface of the zip tie would put you on your face. Now that would be something worth putting on failblog
Deeply sucks if you have V-brakes…