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Jonnycab
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #20 on: Jan 12th, 2010, 1:04am » |
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I suppose on a dry road, wide tyres give more grip through surface contact, but on an icey road, it's the total opposite 
Wider tyres do have a tendency to aquaplane easier in the wet because of the surface area, so I suppose that's why they are more prone to slipping & slidding in icey conditions.
No doubt, that's why ice skates are razor thin & not two feet wide 
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #21 on: Jan 12th, 2010, 7:05am » |
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There is really no type of tyre that will grip well on ice with rubber alone. Friction winter tyres have quite fine grained patterns that grips on snow and mixed snow & water, they kind of grab onto the snow. But on ice nothing but careful driving helps.
Below is Nokia Hakkapeliitta R (Nordic style friction), ContiSportContact2 and Nokia Hakkapeliitta 7 (studded). Unfortunately the studded ones are for Nordic and Baltic countries only, because they cause road wear on naked roads 
  
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #22 on: Jan 12th, 2010, 2:04pm » |
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Established differential of the raised friction?
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #23 on: Jan 13th, 2010, 1:58pm » |
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ROFL. Drive with good winter tires and notice they make a huge difference.
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #24 on: Jan 13th, 2010, 2:12pm » |
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on Jan 13th, 2010, 1:58pm, Tekno wrote:| ROFL. Drive with good winter tires and notice they make a huge difference. |
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unfotanatly the winter tyres sold in the uk are totally useless
i have c & g in tyre fitting and maintenance and wish we had the same options as some euopean countries lol
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #25 on: Jan 13th, 2010, 6:01pm » |
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on Jan 13th, 2010, 4:54pm, Highlander wrote:
Not any more
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tlundkvi
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #26 on: Jan 13th, 2010, 6:02pm » |
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on Jan 13th, 2010, 2:12pm, stevescort wrote:wish we had the same options as some euopean countries lol
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We have options wrt. tyres, others have low prices...
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #27 on: Jan 13th, 2010, 7:15pm » |
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hi there
i've tidied up some of the posts on the this thread.
please remember to keep all comments nice and friendly. 
regards
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #28 on: Jan 14th, 2010, 11:28am » |
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My Budgie joke got censored!
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gozz
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #29 on: Jan 14th, 2010, 5:19pm » |
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Thought you took it off as irrelevant after the other gent became a guest,and Tompion reared up 
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #30 on: Jan 14th, 2010, 5:24pm » |
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One day, a man decided to learn some new sports. He spent some time finding out what was available for him, but after a few months, he called some of his friends out to watch him trying out some of his ideas.
They all followed him up to the top of a local cliff. Not a big cliff, but still they were puzzled about why he had taken them there.
"Let me show you," he said, and produced from a cage a small yellow bird. He held the bird by the feet, and proceeded to jump off the cliff.
His friends were obviously worried, but he was fine, albeit slightly bruised, and returned to the top of the cliff.
"Well, " he said, after a pause, "I don't think much of this budgie-jumping."
So, then he revealed that he had also brought a chicken with him. His friends were forced to watch an almost identical sequence of events all over again.
Once again, he hit the sand at the bottom of the cliff, trudged back to the top, and said to his by now growing audience, "Hen-gliding doesn't seem to work for me either."
Finally, he tried once more. This time, it was a parrot. Again, he leapt off the cliff holding the unfortunate bird by the feet. This time though, as he jumped, he pulled out a hand gun, and shot the bird as he fell.
The end results were pretty much the same, though, and he arrived at the top of the cliff with yet more bruises.
The crowd waited to hear what he would say this time....
He paused, scratched his head, and opened his mouth.
The crowd hushed....
Finally, he said: "And that's the last time I try parrot-shooting too."
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gozz
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Re: driving in ice and snow
« Reply #31 on: Jan 14th, 2010, 8:38pm » |
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Stuart.
Was it snowing at the time ?
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