I'd probably like to be able to stand on the pedals and freewheel over the worst bits.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. I'd be interested to hear the views of anyone who has tried both fixed and freewheel with snow tyres.
For me, it's the same bike either way - it's just a question of swapping the rear wheel if I want to go from fixed to SS or vice versa. When the opportunity arises, I'll probably try both ways just to see for myself.
He wound down his window to ask me how I was able to get traction and I pointed at the studded tyres.
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I haven't ridden fixed with studded.
I have ridden all types of bike in snow & ice conditions (including one, two and three wheel types).
Freewheel every time. The worst case is when you get sudden sideways motion (on studded tyres this was when I went onto a patch of slush where a resident had salted).
- Fixed : you can't catch it, either you spin up and drop it, or you lock up and drop it.
- Freewheel : stop pedalling, control the slide with the steering, ride away.