Comments on: Make Snow Tires for Your Bike with Zip Ties!

By: lovallo

lovallo — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:50:17 +0000

It seems like this would cause a bit of an issue with using the brakes unless you have fancy disk brakes…

also they would definitely become brittle and break off. This seems like a terrible idea.

By: Marcus Marcussun

Marcus Marcussun — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:05:43 +0000

looks like they alternated the zip clips – perhaps to give side traction in addition to propulsion traction

By: Chrisinthewoods

Chrisinthewoods — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:16:15 +0000

wrap small rope or a heavy string around your tire in a similar manner. Do a spiral through the spokes and you only have to tie the ends together with one knot. It worked for motorcycles back in the day.

By: Hey

Hey — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:06:12 +0000

These fall off too easily and break when the weather is under 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

By: debudebu

debudebu — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:55:49 +0000

please note that these will not work with rim brakes.

By: inhabitatjls

inhabitatjls — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:30:28 +0000

Awesome idea.

But… aren’t the twist ties a one time deal? Once you cut them off you’ll have to discard the plastic which might last for a while in a land fill, then end up circulating in the ocean for a few hundred years before choking the last remaining polar bear on earth – all so some hipster can save a few bucks from buying studded tires so they can buy more of that cool Pabst Blue Ribbon bear in a can while the rest of us are biking on studded tires and ‘just don’t get them’ – sheesh, hipsters, what’s up with that?

Do you leave them on all winter long, even if the snow melts away before the next snowfall? OR… you could spend more for pricey BUT reusable studded tires. OR, move you and the band to San Diego already! OR… maybe there’s a new invention lurking here somewhere?

All I’m saying is “plastic bad… reusable good!”