Yo, so I have some Marathon Winter Tires with only 120 studs/tire, and only on the centre tread, exactly as you see in the image I've attached. I certainly feel less confident turning my tire on packed snow compared to my other bike with it's Marathon Winter Plus tires having 240 studs/tire. I was contemplating upgrading to the Plus version of the tires, but started wondering if I could simply plug the empty holes with more studs by myself, and for cheaper. If it comes out cheaper than $234 – the price of new tires – I'll be laughing.
Has anyone done this before? How easy or hard was it? Do I need to use Schwalbe specific studs, or are there others that would fit?
by GustSergeant
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I’ve done this to a couple of Winter 27.5 tires. It’s a lengthy process and you need to wear gloves, but it’s doable and they stay in. Schwalbe sells a tool, but they don’t have enough studs in their kits. Get carbide studs.