XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-19 19:48, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:06:24 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> We're not allowed to drive on steel studs, and this advert does not say   
   >> what the studs are made of. Some of our tires are augmented with walnut   
   >> shells, which is easier on the road surface. Even some of the winter   
   >> bicycle tires here, have walnut shells or similar "soft" materials. I   
   >> haven't checked but I doubt a steel stud on a bicycle tire is really a   
   >> good idea (engineering issue).   
   >   
   > We can use studs from October 1 - May 31.. I put them on at the end of   
   > November and take them off in the spring depending on the conditions but   
   > it's never been that late, usually sometime in March.   
      
   My late cousin (Canadian) put thumbtack inside the tire, flat side   
   touching the tube, and points peeking out through the tire, on a   
   bicycle, and used that to go to work in winter. Parking was terrible in   
   the city, he said.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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