Snow Forecast. Michelin Anakee 3 or Anakee Wild?

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I have anakee 3 tyres on the bike for daily use, but have a set of Anakee Wilds on my spare rims. Would the wilds be better for some minor amounts of snow? The wilds are a bit shit on wet roads, but surely the blocky pattern would be better for getting down to the tarmac through slush?

Just asking as they are sat there doing nothing and might as well plan for the worst. Probably 3 mins of sleet heading our way :D
 
The important thing IMHO about a tyre's performance in snow is the ability of it's tread to release any snow that it is holding on to as it spins so that it doesn't affect next time that particular part of the tyre makes contact with the road and / or freeze up in the tread (bad). I imagine slush dispersal at the contact patch is the same as water dispersal as long as it's not frozen. As I see it, getting down to the tarmac through the snow is as impossible for a block tyre as it is for any other tyre as all it will do is compact the snow under it's many small contact patches just like any non-blocked tyre would do under it's own contact patch. I think block tyres will be better at ripping through the snow as you pass over it but I'm not sure that would translate to better contact as it falls onto the surface. I think I'm saying I'm not sure but hope my drivel helps you to reason it out.


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andylel said:
The important thing IMHO about a tyre's performance in snow is the ability of it's tread to release any snow that it is holding on to as it spins so that it doesn't affect next time that particular part of the tyre makes contact with the road and / or freeze up in the tread (bad). I imagine slush dispersal at the contact patch is the same as water dispersal as long as it's not frozen. As I see it, getting down to the tarmac through the snow is as impossible for a block tyre as it is for any other tyre as all it will do is compact the snow under it's many small contact patches just like any non-blocked tyre would do under it's own contact patch. I think block tyres will be better at ripping through the snow as you pass over it but I'm not sure that would translate to better contact as it falls onto the surface. I think I'm saying I'm not sure but hope my drivel helps you to reason it out.


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Makes perfect sense to me! Thanks for the input!
 
batman1 said:
The Michelin Wilds.... then an X3 or an X5 :augie
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Nice 'n' Fat said:
I've got a Disco 4 fitted with Grabber AT's so I'm sorted ;)
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Unfortunately the only car i have access to is the one my wife and i share (well, she drives it and i pay for it :D ) and thats a rear wheel drive Merc, which struggles to move forward without wheel spinning on damp roads, never mind snow !!
 
crotchrocket said:
Unfortunately the only car i have access to is the one my wife and i share (well, she drives it and i pay for it :D ) and thats a rear wheel drive Merc, which struggles to move forward without wheel spinning on damp roads, never mind snow !!
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Sometimes I forget just how fortunate I am :D
 
Last time it snowed down south, i had a Range Rover and a Vehicross. Long gone now, but wish i had the Rangy!

 
JohnnyBoxer said:
Bikes and snow don't mix
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They do but only with a little bit of A&E thrown in

Christ I remember riding my old Dominator from work late one night in a bad snow storm I must have fallen off every 300 yards and gave up after 6 miles
 
I had a Suzuki TS185 I think it was. I fell off in the snow because of a policeman shouting through a loud speaker to put my feet on the foot pegs. :mad:

It was like over 35 years ago on packed snow on the A56 Chester road near Tatton park, I was going ok skiing along on my doc martens at about 15/20 mph till that copper stuck his fecking hooter in. :blast
 
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