It's protecting the inner-tube from rubbing against the screw heads of my DIY studs. Did the same thing last year and it worked great.
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Are studded tires a mountain biking thing? I can't imagine it would help my commute.
They don't really help much with snow.
But they are essential equipment when you live in a region that regularly has iced roads, especially during early morning commute.
Yeah, on compacted snow a knobby fat tire with low pressure has almost the same traction than it does on dirt. I only switch to studs in the early spring when the conditions get icy.
I don't think most mountain bikers ride in the snow - especially not in the conditions I do. I can usually get by with normal tires and low pressure for most of the winter, but come early spring when the snow melts in the sun during the day and then freezes at night, those trails turn treacherous. On smooth, hard ice, studs are the only option. Normal tires have literally zero traction.
That makes sense. We don't get much snow here.