Instant snow tires

Hey there, I'm writing from St. Louis where we only have an inch or so of snow, but it is cold, and there is ice.  I have to deliver some final papers downtown today, and was trying to figure out what to do about icepatches, when suddenly I remembered an old spool of picture-hanging wire that I have.  I wrapped it pretty tightly around my tires and rims- hooking each twist in with the last twist- and took it out on some sidewalk ice, and it totally worked!

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on December 13, 2010 at 9:30am

what a sweet idea !  I love it !

Permalink Reply by Lee Roy on December 13, 2010 at 10:09am

can you share a photo of them? that would be great!

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on December 13, 2010 at 10:34am

how do you stop?

Permalink Reply by Carl on December 13, 2010 at 11:17am

Yeah, that whole braking issue is a big fail unless you have hub / disc / coaster brakes, or an inflated airbed to hold up in front of you at every intersection.

 

Otherwise the idea reminds me of Yaxtrax, which work awesomely, too!

Permalink Reply by Lisa yeah on December 13, 2010 at 12:15pm

I should have mentioned, this bike has coaster breaks.  Good point!  Also, I have those puncture resistant tires with really thick rubber.  I was thinking that it would be a bad idea to use that kind of wire on normal tires because it's made up of lots of tiny wires interwoven, and they did wear out on the concrete, and fray, and they really frayed too.
Carl said:

Yeah, that whole braking issue is a big fail unless you have hub / disc / coaster brakes, or an inflated airbed to hold up in front of you at every intersection.

 

Otherwise the idea reminds me of Yaxtrax, which work awesomely, too!

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on December 13, 2010 at 2:35pm

Awesome! great idea.

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