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Description:
- 294 sharp & durable carbide studs
- PCR puncture resistance
- Light 32 tpi skinwall casing
- Winter specific open tread design
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Submitted by
Robert
a Cross Country Rider
from Stamford, CT USA
Date Reviewed: January 8, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | TBD | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$86.00 | | Purchased At: | PeterWhiteCycles.com | | Strengths: | Sticks to ice - you don't slip
Carbide studs - hold up well on concrete too
Studs securely fastened - I rode aggressively on rocks and roots with no loss of studs.
| | Weaknesses: | Cost
Traction not good on big, wet boulders | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpjumper | | Bottom Line: | These tires are awesome! The Nokian 294 studded tires provided great traction riding uphill on sheets of footprint and tire track grooved solid ice. In fact, we passed a group of 15 cub scouts on a hike. They were slipping, sliding, and falling on the ice (no one got hurt) while we just motored by. While these tires are confidence inspiring on straights, I wouldn't rail any turns with them on glare ice - although I may be tempted to try. (The 294 tire is the updated version of the 296 tire). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curt
a Cross Country Rider
from Dayton Ohio USA
Date Reviewed: February 3, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | John Bryan | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | http://www.bikeman.com/ | | Strengths: | The knobs and all the studs | | Weaknesses: | Cant lean to much in the turns on ice | | Similar Products Used: | My first studded tire, no comment here | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Marlin (stock) | | Bottom Line: | These babys will grip on anything as long as you're going in a straight line, don't lean to much with em in the turns, the front tire will brake lose, but the rear tire almost always saves your but from going down. These tires are great confidence builder on rutted ground frozen with ice and snow, and the knobs keep themselves clean in wet and dry snow. If you want a great ice and snow tire, get yourself a set of these, they are worth every cent of 70 bills each. I'm just giving the overall rating 4 turds cause they don't hold that good in the tight turns with ice. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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