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We’re in the thick of winter now, though here in the Pacific Northwest that mainly means rain, and lots of it. Other parts of the country aren’t so “lucky” though and there’s definitely a market for studded bike tires.
Over on the mountain biking forums, ZeCanon posted an awesome tutorial on building your own studded bike tires. He says that it cost him about $5 per tire and took him about two hours to do both tires. Not a bad investment of money or time for what look to be some bombproof DIY studded bike tires for riding in the snow.
The basic approach is to get some old (or new) knobbies and screw in some hex-head screws on the tread blocks. Depending on the thickness of your tread blocks and the length of your screws, you may have a little point sticking out toward the tube. Grind that thing down with a Dremel tool. You’ll also want to protect your tube with tube protector strips or duct tape, as well as use some puncture-resistant tubes. Great tutorial!
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3 comments for this entry ↓
1 Matt // Jan 22, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I’ve seen this done with pop rivets and washers(rivet, tire, washer, POP!) on smooth tires, which wouldn’t require as much dremel work.
2 Bren // Jan 22, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I like the pop rivet idea…are the washers sitting on the inside or outside of the tire?
3 Ed // Feb 23, 2008 at 8:26 am
I wonder If you could do that with computer case screws. i have a ton of those laying around.
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