Stainless steel chain, tensioned with stainless steel metal zip ties.
– get stainless chain and metal zip ties
-measure how much chain will cover the rubber of your tire without biting the rim.
-hold chain to Prefered section of tread
-loop the zip tie through the two ends of the chain and pull tight with tires, then crimp the zip tie so it can’t back out
by No-Baseball7231
6 Comments
I’m just putting them on for the year now, I did this last year, keep the short chain segments and then just replace the zip ties, use a wire cutter to remove old zip ties.
Nice idea! … is it pretty reliable or do you have to tinker with it from time to time?
I dunno, if those break it will almost certainly foul up/seize up the wheel resulting in bad things. Be careful.
… do not attempt with rim breaks.
My friends with fixies used to use zip ties in the winter. I have rim-brakes, so…
Wouldn’t studded tires work better, with less risk and fewer complications?