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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Snow Traction
Message-ID: <505@mako.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 17:59:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 17:59:33 1985
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Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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In article <16200081@uiucdcsb.UUCP> thielges@uiucdcsb.UUCP writes:
>Speaking of cold weather riding, does anyone have a solution to the snow
>traction problem?...

As a kid in Michigan, I took an old tire and pushed thumbtacks through the
tread about an inch apart.  I then rode the bike around on a small lake where
all the kids skated.  Great fun, but probably not practical if you wanted to
ride on pavement without changing tires!
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