Snow tyre spray?

[Ingah]

Having just had to phone into work saying i can't make it after only a pathetic amount of snow (i live on a steep hill and just use bikes), i'm eager to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Because my commute is long and mostly motorway (nearly 30 miles each way), i don't think studded tyres/equivalents are the answer, but i have heard of those sprays for the tyres to "increase grip by 300%". Sounds great, but has anyone got one they recommend as i can't imagine they're all as good as they claim, if they work at all (?)
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[J4mes]

Never heard of it, got a link to what you're looking at?

Can you get snow chains for bikes?

[Ingah]

[DrDonnyBrago]

300% more grip on ice still isn't enough to stop you barrelling it down a hilll, it's still not a lot and assumes the product actually works, which it wont.


In other words, you will waste money, have ill founded confidence and still crash.


Bus/lifts/park at the bottom of the hill are the only real options if you live up a steep snowy hill.

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Gets some ok reviews on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B002WBEPRO

Did you try making with the bike? If it's only really thing, generally I find the tyre will cut down to the tarmac to some degree, presuming there isn't ice, as above.

[Walloper]

I wouldn't faph about with snow on a two wheeler.
You are cruising for danger.

We don't get too many sno-bound days so studded tyres are not really practical.

Our snow days are more nuisance than anything else.

I am looking at Snow Socks for one of our cars. Amazon £31.74 (Robbin' Bastarts, Halfrauds are asking for £69 for the same product.)
Or it looks damned similar.

I looked at the spray last year but considered the cost was not reasonable. The spray will be rubbed off within a few hundred yards.
For 'Emergency use' the spray is possibly OK but I think the Snow Socks, for the cost of two tins of spray, will last a lot longer, providing of course you don't spin donuts in the Asda Car park with them on.

Before I fitted studs to my tyres I would look at chains. Though you would need to be able to fit/remove/stow etc. which makes them an encumbrance. This would leave your tyres un-harmed.

But then before fitting any of the three I would buy a Daily Mail a Latte (one sugar) and jump on a bus or a train.
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If your journey is mostly snowy, studs are fine. They are fine if not too, actually; but a bit of a waste. If you can get a spare set of wheels it's definitely worth considering having a set with studs to swap over - even if you do it in the morning before work, you'll still probably be there before all the cars stuck in traffic .

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[Marmalade]

I've been wondering if these would work.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JEKO-UNIVERSAL-SNOW-CHAINS-BELTS-AND-MUD-BELTS-/270687152563?pt=UK_Campervan_Caravan_Accessories&hash=item3f063629b3#ht_1987wt_905

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0tDEbp3-Y
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[Paulington]

Why not put some grit/something down the night before to allow you to get up it? Even if you put it on the pavement or something, anything so that when you need to ride up it in the morning it's made a little bit easier.

I'm unsure what you could use/what would be the best, hell, even if you have to buy a snow shovel and shovel a wide line up/down the hill so you can ride that prevention is almost always better than cure.

Maybe investigate that a little? Or you could invest in a cheaper bike which you could put more snow-adequate tyres on.
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[Ingah]

[Walloper]

www.amazon?cg125/snowplough.com

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[Pol Anorl]

Just orderd a can of the spray ill post back with results when we get some snow
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[salty21]

is there a junction or sharp corner at the bottom of this hill? If not i'd be tempted to kamikaze freewheel all the way down.

You say you own a cg so dont really know what the fuss is about to be honest, just use that
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[Killer Rat]

Just a thought, but what if you were to use this spray and then go over a diesel spill?
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[J4mes]

[Cunnington]

I ordered a tin of the spray last year after the wife got stuck in a car park with both kids in the car for the third time. Typically the shit weather cleared before I had a chance to try it on the car, but I sprayed some on my shoes and it made a big difference on icy footpaths.

I like the fact that it should help get you out of trouble, but you dont need to stop to take it off, like snow socks.

She's got a pair of winter tyres on the front this year (big improvement on icy roads) so it can languish in my boot until I get a chance to try it in earnest.
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[multijoy]

Anywhere down the hill you can park? Bribe someone with a garage, perhaps?
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[goto10]

Snow spray...
https://www.stochasticgeometry.ie/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/snakeoil.jpg
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[Pol Anorl]

[Walloper]

I was hunting a forum for info for my cage and inadvertently came across the gem.

Cagers???

Honestly, Who T. F. gives out the bloody 'Permits to Operate' those Machines?
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