MitchAK
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- First Name
- Greg
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Absolutely!As with all things, there are a lot of "it depends" in there. If you were trying to drive on 24" of snow then you need very big and very wide - think of the extreme case of the Yellowstone vans with 50" balloon tires running at 4psi.
But if you are trying to drive on 5" of snow over a road, then you might want to cut through the snow and get right to the road surface and bite that. Too much floatation means you are spinning on a pile of snow rather than biting a road.
In CO, a popular choice for offroad and winter vehicles on roads is "pizza cutter" tires - tall and narrow so you cut through the little bit of sand, mud or snow, and grab the road or rocks underneath.
But one way or another, the biggest difference is the rubber compound and tread design - a well designed modern winter tire is a thing of beauty! They really do work very well.
I got into bicycles pretty heavy for awhile and that brought me to fat tire bike which is like the way to ride in winter.
But between that and snoe shoes you definitely don’t want your car “floating” on the snow. ? I remember now I had a buddy mentioned narrow tires with studs is his favorite way to winter ride.
On my current bike I am able to run tubeless and super low pressure and of course more surface contact more stability. But yeah, I am going to have to consider winter set too and how do the stock tires hold up in the interim?
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