{"id":2098,"date":"2009-11-28T17:12:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T22:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2009-11-28T17:12:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T22:12:07","slug":"no-studs-lost-broken-in-nokian-wxc300-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/28\/no-studs-lost-broken-in-nokian-wxc300-tires\/","title":{"rendered":"No Studs Lost! (Broken In Nokian WXC300 Tires)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A quick ride up to River Bends completed the recommended 30 mile break-in period for the Nokian Hakka WXC300 tires that I picked up for winter riding<\/a>. The relatively-giant knobs and studs make for an uncomfortable, difficult, vibration-y ride and lead to sore sit bones. The metal on pavement contact also makes for a twitchy ride, very similar to what one finds when riding in light snow. At one point I automatically braked hard while turning and my front wheel slipped while making a harsh metal on stone sound.<\/p>\n

During this break-in period no studs were lost, likely due to careful braking, acceleration, and turning. As can be seen here<\/a> (full res<\/a>) the center studs which had more contact with pavement were pushed further into the tire, which should help keep them from tearing out during normal use this winter. I can’t help but think of a device which would perform this break-in automatically over the course of a few hours using a motor, weights, an old fork, and an old grinding stone, but that’d definitely be overkill for just me and my one set of tires.<\/p>\n

Now that this process is complete I can’t wait to get normal tires back on the bike and ride some single track before the weather gets really bad. I may try for this tomorrow, but with the current forecast it looks like it’ll be sometime mid-week before that’s possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A quick ride up to River Bends completed the recommended 30 mile break-in period for the Nokian Hakka WXC300 tires that I picked up for…<\/p>\n

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