are knobbly offroad tyres good in snow ?

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

are knobbly offroad tyres good in snow ?
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KLR600 · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

Knobblies are overrated.........

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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

very cool, but not really practical for me

spiked tyres arent gonna be much use the rest of the year
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

I don't think snows the problem.. it's the ice etc under it Wink

If no ice then it should be no different to mud really... as far as I know anyway!
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I expect they'd be ok on lightly packed fluffy snow.
I expect they'd be crap on on hard travelled over by many cars icey snow.

Valver · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Karma :

You'd be better off with racing wets on motard rims. I used them all through last winter and they were great on snow. Ice is another story tho. They only thing thats gonna help on Ice is skills.

spitfire · Trackday Trickster Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Karma :

The last time I rode on snow down on Dartmoor was on my KMX 125, that had Metzeler enduro tyres (see pic) there were not up to much in deeper fresh snow but were very good on the harder packed stuff.

Not even sure you can still get them.

KLR600 · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

I've got a Metzler rear semi on my KLR. My dad got it from a tyre shop around here about a month ago for £150 so they're around but I don't know about that specific tyre.