How good are studded bike tyres on asphalt? Studded vs non studded - Ice Spiker Pro 

@@EMTBVideos When I say brown snow I mean the mix of road salt and snow. Once it gets to be about 6 inches deep becomes problematic. Experience seems to point in two directions. Fat tires float all to well and good until there is pure ice underneath. Narrower tire push through the snow so the studs can do their thing. The real problem is the freeze and thaw cycle. I think brown soft snow being the worst. I have 2 winter bikes 1 with studded 26 x 2.1 tires and 1 with 4 inch studded and non studded. The 4 inch studded tires are home made with 1/4 inch carbide studs nothing stops them except 12 inches of wet brown snow. Down side is they tend to get flats when the inside gorilla tape shifts but it does not shift in the front??? Nasty rough ride on dry pavement thou. So any given day I choose between the 2. Right now my 4 inch is just a plain fat tire so I have been using the other mostly (never have gotten a flat). I must say there is a lot to be said about being able to get down to the ice / pavement as appose to floating but then I would say deepens on how deep the snow is. Another very important point is studs to the outside almost to the sidewall without them the ice snake is going to bite you. A Ice snake is the trail a parked car can leave on compacted snow when it freezes in the freeze thaw cycle. If you front wheel can not climb over this small ice wall ( which is at such an angle it guides you) it will steer you right into traffic and there is nothing you can do other than bale out to the right. Studs on both side walls of both tires are needed at slow speed to navigate these. If not you get dumped in the middle of the lane. Just my experience living in a small town with no public transit. I do have vehicles (3) but the wife and kids usually have them and I prefer my bikes anyway. I commute year round and where I live and travel high speed snow machines are more of a threat than vehicles. But that is way off topic.

I agree with you ABSOLUTELY on everything. I always use helmet but I had two bike accidents in 7 weeks driving my 38kg e-bike to 40km/h in Gothenburg. I was driving with normal tyres on icy roads after the snow started melting. At that time I was driving without winter tires - THE result: Broken little finger... after 6 weeks, the same situation, another fall, a new fracture in the same finger but in another place. Since then I opted to add studs to my tires by driving at slower speeds in winter.

Cool. I thought I recognised the terrain. I'm in Heggedal. :-)