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4WD on summer tyres vs 2WD on winter tyres.
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Destroyed, haha, yeah of course you did sweetheart.As I recall, as you like to have the last word (even when adding nothing) and resort to ad hom posts instead of answering facts I don't really see the point in responding as I don't read your posts once I have corrected and destroyed your nonsense, however, as you recall the last comment I posted was a clip that showed me stopping sensibly at a red light and a car jumping it 1-2 seconds later.
I have plenty of very good quality cycle clothing and don't get cold... I get home, they sit there burning fuel and taking hours to get anywhere and risk crashing the car on ice.
And no, 35c aren't skinny tyres, going up a hill while a car is stuck is rather obviously me 1 car 0
And yes, they are very skinny, compared to car tyres. And im not sure your bike is any better on ice. infact it certainly isnt, except with the studded tyres you say you weren't talking about for your bike.. see below0 -
No I wasn't, hence the mention of chains or snow covers (which are for cars). I just saw that studded tyres are illegal in the UK for cars so obviously don't use those.
Studded tyres for bikes of course are fine
right.. so you are talking about your bike.. which is what i saidconsidering studded tyres for the winter if it's as bad as people keep saying, fortunately they're a lot cheaper for the bike than fitting to my car!0 -
And that is the point. In most parts of the country there is no need for a change of tyres.
I drive all over the UK, other than the very south there are benefits in the rest of the UK. My lad's truck got stuck in snow on an industrial estate in Birmingham earlier this year one Sunday when it snowed because of the teflon eco-tyres fitted to his truck. Diff locks, crawler gears and over 10 tonnes load on the axle didn't help him and he had to sit there until the following morning. Around the same time driving home at 3am in East Yorks over the wolds although I didn't get stuck I was driving at a crawl and every time I came to a gap in the hedge the wind would blow my vehicle sideways.
Climbing up the A66 fully loaded there were plenty of nights it would've been better on winter tyres and we've already had some of those in October when it snowed in the North East.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Same as our's was then. The trick as you know is not to run into things!
I've driven all ours in snow, as you say, deep snow is best as it keeps most of the [STRIKE]idiots[/STRIKE] rest of the world at home apart from anything else.
I didn't like the S3 I had in slippery conditions. It was a "proper" Safari, and had a brake servo.
Touching the brakes at all seemed to lock them. Caused me to run off into a ditch the first time I drove it in snow. Came around a very sharp bend in a lane, and there was a car stuck there. I hit the anchors and slid. . .
No damage to anything apart from my pride! :cool:
Leading shoe drum brakes self servo. Combined with the vacuum servo they can be a bit fierce in slippery conditions. Mine doesn't have one.0 -
Gloomendoom wrote: »Leading shoe drum brakes self servo. Combined with the vacuum servo they can be a bit fierce in slippery conditions. Mine doesn't have one.
As I found out!
My two previous ones hadn't had servos, and if anything i thought the brakes were better on them than with the servo!
The Safari was a nice vehicle, but of the ones I had the S1 was the best, and the most fun.0 -
right.. so you are talking about your bike.. which is what i said
No, again, I was talking about the cars, I didn't realise until today that cars couldn't legally use studded tyres in the UK, however, tyre shoes and snow chains are for car tyres.
I made a separate point that I was looking at studded tyres for my bike, sorry if you were unable to follow 2 different points in the same post.Destroyed, haha, yeah of course you did sweetheart.
And yes, they are very skinny, compared to car tyres. And im not sure your bike is any better on ice. infact it certainly isnt, except with the studded tyres you say you weren't talking about for your bike.. see below
I provided you with facts that conclusively proved your argument wrong
Your response was to resort to ad hominem posts because you couldn't argue against any of the facts, hence you were destroyed as you had no come back
Obviously bike tyres are skinny compared to car tyres but 35c are not skinny road tyres, 23c are skinny, 35c are wide. Obviously you don't need car width tyres for a bike, nor could you use bike tyres on a car, this shouldn't need explaining really.
Anyway I'm sure you'll want to have the last response and put in some more ad hom in lieu of anything valid so I'll let you get on with it and won't read any more on this post.Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Your friends are lucky to know you.
Anyway, have fun cycling home in the snow and ice xx0 -
Anyway I'm sure you'll want to have the last response and put in some more ad hom in lieu of anything valid so I'll let you get on with it and won't read any more on this post.Your friends are lucky to know you.
Anyway, have fun cycling home in the snow and ice xx
Enough said0 -
EssexExile wrote: »And here I am at 67, been driving for 50 years & never yet felt the need for special tyres in the winter. For the few days there is snow on the ground I drive more carefully.
+1
I've been driving for 30+ years and never needed winter tyres and managed to get about ok.
The biggest problem when out there is other people's (lack of) driving ability.0
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