Have you guys tried a traction spike / screw? Which one would you recommend? I'm hoping to buy one tomorrow.
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Re: Winter Traction
time for Mike's DIY screw shoe photos! :)
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I have a pair of shoes ive put screws in the bottom.
I also use Due North Get-a-Grips from Costco. They are a lot more inexpensive than buying stuff from a specialty running store and work just as well (in my opinion).
I also use Due North Get-a-Grips from Costco. They are a lot more inexpensive than buying stuff from a specialty running store and work just as well (in my opinion).
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I wanna live like there's no tomorrow
Love, like I'm on borrowed time
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Running is a conversation with your body. Sometimes you listen and sometimes you tell it to stop whining and do something. - Ian
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I have Stabilicers which I really like. We don't get much snow and ice in the city but I also use them regularly on snowy trails in the mountains. They cost about $20.
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this thread seems to end in a cliff-hanger. was there ever a follow-up to turd's new idea??
(i use yaktrax and the treadmill.)
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deerdree wrote:
this thread seems to end in a cliff-hanger. was there ever a follow-up to turd's new idea??
(i use yaktrax and the treadmill.)
3 years of waiting!
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I saw some $10 ones at winners today. I imagine you get what you pay for.
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ultraslacker wrote:I saw some $10 ones at winners today. I imagine you get what you pay for.
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I don't think anything works for what we get here in the GTA in winter: Grainy snow, followed by slush. Actually, slush is just wet to run in, but that grainy snow is a b!tch because you can't get any traction at all. I refuse to run in that.
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La wrote:I don't think anything works for what we get here in the GTA in winter: Grainy snow, followed by slush. Actually, slush is just wet to run in, but that grainy snow is a b!tch because you can't get any traction at all. I refuse to run in that.
Snowshoes.
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Habs4ever wrote:deerdree wrote:
this thread seems to end in a cliff-hanger. was there ever a follow-up to turd's new idea??
(i use yaktrax and the treadmill.)
3 years of waiting!
for the life of me I can't remember what the innovation was. It must have failed.
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