chains for the rig?

Reen · 2004-01-02T07:03:16Z

so we've had a bit of the white stuff here in the Seattle area. took the rig out tonight and did a little Experimentation With Traction. here are my results. note that i do not run with auto tires - just the standard all-purpose bike ones. empty of cargo, the rig and i achieved less-than-optimal traction on the gently sloped street in front of my house so i tried strapping my regular 'car ballast (army duffel containing 60lbs of granite) onto the seat behind me, positioned over the rear axle of the bike. this helped with the traction somewhat but put my overall center of gravity too high and tippy. 'car really wanted to come up in the air at the slightest provocation. my visiting relatives and fickle friends refused to come out and play with me ("it's cold! it's snowing! it's three in the morning! we'll all die in a ditch!") so i put the hundred-pound dog in the 'car to hold it down. this ended up being the best compromise available with materials at hand. it was still a bit of a wiggly ride, though. i've spent the last two hours at google searching for any reference to the use of chains on motorcycle tires. the most intriguing idea i came across involved fastening several short lengths of chain around the tire/wheel. but it seems to me that the chain would rub and mar the nice chrome of my wheels and perhaps even damage the spokes. so what gives? there's got to be some sort of tried and true motorcycle-tire-chain out there. postulations?

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Reen, The guys I was referring to took the zip ties and put them around the tire with the "closure" outward to act like a stud. They put MANY of them on the tire but did not use any chain, I think they will last longer this way than the chain and zip tie approach. however it will take alot of them so you can stagger the "studs" around on the tire. BillinPA

Posted : January 11, 2004 4:18 am

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