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Well spiked for icy roads

Marathon Winter rolls onto the market just in time for the cold season. The spike version of the popular Marathon series could help spike tires in general break-through into the cycling mainstream, as Marathon is the most sold branded tire in Europe. The Marathon Winter offers full control on icy-smooth roads - even in extreme cornering and under violent braking it is easy to control. Ridden at the minimum indicated tire pressure the spikes grip best of all.

Schwalbe also has a new winter tire for Mountain-bikes: The new Ice Spiker Pro is the turbo of spiked tires. With 361 pins it bites firmly through ice. Wolfram-carbide claws are surrounded by a light weight body of aluminum. The 695 gram sporty, low weight of the Ice Spiker Pro allows Mountain-bike riding to remain fast and agile.

Incidentally: In Germany bicycle tires with spikes are permitted on roads, in contrast to car tires!

Spikes

Schwalbe spikes generally have a core made of extremely hardwearing tungsten carbide. The base is fully galvanized steel.
For more grip the spikes of the Ice Spiker Pro have an even stronger core made of Wolfram Carbide, one of the hardest known materials. For reasons of weight reduction spike bases and cladding are of light weight aluminum.

2.35" Width

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 6:49pm.

These are the best spiked tires out there - but a wider size in the kevlar Pro version would be amazing! You have to look to the Nokians if you want a wide tire - but they're not as good.....

Jadis from Russia

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/11/2009 - 3:15am.

Please do a Ice Spiker Pro 29er! Really missed on the market/

studded 29er

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 21/10/2009 - 6:03pm.

A studded 29er would be much appreciated!

Just another request for 29'er spike tires!!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 22/07/2009 - 4:23pm.

I would order about 10 or 12 of them...

one more for 29er

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 24/10/2009 - 7:38pm.

Got the Marathon Winters for the 'cross bike last year - great! This year my winter bike is a belt-drive 29er singlespeed. Please do a real 29er tire.

29er - studded

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 19/10/2009 - 7:27am.

agreed!

29er

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 6:08pm.

Just wanted to let you know that another 29er is interested in a good spiked tire.

"Wolfram"?

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/02/2009 - 5:59am.

Also, what's with the "Wolfram" carbide vs. tungsten carbide? They're the same thing, Wolfram being an old name for Tungsten.

What's the real difference between your ice spiker and spiker pro?

29er spiked

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 18/01/2009 - 8:52am.

PLEASE make a 29er Spiked studded!!! 29ers are soooo the best winter bikes, bigger tires roll through snow better... but need studs for those icy spots!!

29er?

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 28/12/2008 - 10:21am.

Will a 29er Ice Spiker be available?

UST Ice Spiker Pro?

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 18/12/2008 - 3:22pm.

Do you have plans to make an UST version of Ice Spiker Pro?

wolfram carbide???? WTF over.....

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 29/02/2008 - 8:55pm.

Wolfram, aka tungsten, aka atomic symbol W. So how is tungsten carbide better than tungsten carbide? Grain size? Grain density? A bit more info would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Telling the difference

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2008 - 1:40pm.

If you look closly at the picture you can see the top one has flat spikes the bottom one has pointy spikes. It is longer and pointy, this is going to be better at gripping the ice. Being carbide it will stay pointy for a long time too.

While we’re requesting,

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 3:49pm.

While we're requesting, sizes how about a 24" please? Nobody makes a 24" studded tire and with a number of downhill bikes using that on the rear, they might sell... Thanks for the great products (Marathon XR)!

ice spiker 29er

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 25/12/2007 - 8:15pm.

how about a 29" ice spiker pro

29er spiked

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 18/01/2009 - 8:50am.

ya, A spiked 29er would be great!!!

16" version"

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 20/12/2007 - 10:34pm.

I see this available in 20", 26" & 27", but not 16". Here's hoping that can eventually be offered, as it is what is used by my Greenspeed GT3 recumbent tadpole adult trike. (FYI: Paul Allen of Greenspeed suggested I make my own spiked winter tire from a Schwalbe Marathon.)

Brompton rider

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/02/2009 - 5:56am.

I'm desperate for some 16" snow tyres, as I can't go out on my Brompton in snow without them :(

Another vote for a 16" version.

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 26/01/2009 - 1:29pm.

please!

please!

please!

please!

16" version

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/11/2008 - 5:33pm.

I'd like to see a 16" version of this tire. I am riding a recumbent with a 16" front wheel.

Another vote for a 16" version.

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/12/2008 - 6:52pm.

Three, please!

Yes, yes, yes, make 16"

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 17/12/2008 - 11:12am.

My electric folding bike takes 16" tires and I had to put it away after a wipeout in the ice and snow, but I really wish I could get winter tires for it...

Yes^4th make a 16"

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 19/12/2008 - 11:27am.

My brompton has Schwalbe Marathon 16"ers and I'd love to be able to put on Marathon Winters to help me over the icy patches here in Boston!

349 / 16" Brompton tires with Studs

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 23/01/2009 - 12:08am.

Yes please! (Is that four, or five, or six just on this one page!). I've previously tried suggesting it to both Nokian (who weren't interested) and Brompton ("too niche").

There are a great number of folders/electrics out (particularly Bromptons) out just waiting for a second pair of 349 winter tyres for six months of the year!

My Brompton would love some spikes

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 29/01/2009 - 1:33pm.

Another vote for 16"

-- New England Brompton commuter

do want

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 28/03/2009 - 7:57am.

please thanks

brompton yes please

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 20/06/2009 - 6:11pm.

thanks for considering

We need 16" spikes

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 26/07/2009 - 5:16am.

Ever tried cycling a foldable bike in Munich or Austria in the Winter???

Another vote for 16" spiked tyres

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/12/2009 - 7:57am.

... or even in the UK after it's been snowing?

Yet another Brompton request

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 21/12/2009 - 5:32am.

I need studded tyres for my Brompton! I commute all year, rain or shine, ice or snow - it is a working vehicle, not a leisure bike and it needs to stay mobile whatever the road conditions.

Another vote for studded tyres...

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 11:05am.

Same as the previous ones... Need studded for winter use...

Replacement Studs

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 16/12/2007 - 9:24am.

It would great if Schwalbe offered replacement studs, perhaps even an insertion tool. Are there plans in place to make that a reality?

Replacement studs

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 18/12/2007 - 10:35am.

Replacement studs are certainly available for all models of spiked tires. To order, please contact us directly here.