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Does anyone else have ice tires for their mtn. bike? I made a pair of studded tires with roofing nails. I prepunched holes through the center of the knobs, pushed the nails in from inside. I used an old tubular tire, cut the stitching open, laid it out flat to use as a liner. Once the tire was inflated, I cut the roofing nails down to about 1/4 inch with a bolt cutter. It's a lot of work, but you only have to do it once.

I know IRC made studded tires, but they had very few studs. My tires have 200 nails each and work great. They get dull after a while because the nails are aluminum, but they can be sharpened with a dremmel.

The window for ice biking is pretty short. You have to have a solidly frozen lake, but with little or no snow on it. Or you could just find a nice wind scoured lake like Cascade.

The best time I had with them was a bunch of years ago in Mohonk. There was snow followed by rain, then a freeze. The carriage roads were a skating rink. I rode from the steel bridge to the Mtn. House. Rode through the Mtn. House grounds on a bulletproof crust over undulating snow (heehee). Was just dying to have Security come after me, but I think they knew better. Then up the stairs to Skytop. I was zooming downhill and railing around turns next to death drops on solid ice with more traction then you ever get on dirt. Too much F*%#&g fun. Oh, and those instep crampons work great so you don't bust your ass if you put a foot down.

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I nominate this for best troll of the year. Seriously, if it is true that sounds great. My wife was asking me if they made chains for bikes - I think you could fit them in the rims, that would seem more practical than spikes.

Have you seen those new "crampon/grippers"? They look like some elastic metal thing that you put on your shoe. I bet that's similar.

I wonder if you did laps on lake mohonk if it would cause you to make a circular crack in the ice and break through?

Dana