Have you been able to get some studded tyres?

[Fiona N]

I sorted a pair of serious racing mud-plugging tyres last year with wide spaced, steep sided studs (can't remember the make offhand but can check later) but only (barely) 1.75 inch wide. They are just fantastic on everything but dry tarmac. In snow I can get up stuff that even (inexperienced) 4x4 drivers worry about - that compacted hard snow which gets so polished. They tackle slush with aplomb and ice smears, or indeed that compacted 'glacier ice' which results from thawing and refreezing, are no problem.

But the widespaced, asymmetric studs (i.e. there's no continuous or even semi-continuous ride strip in the centre of the tyre) on the front wheel means there's a constant left to right wobble of the steering on a hard smooth surface like tarmac which is very unnerving at first. It goes if you let the tyres down from max pressure (5 bar) which I assume means that there are more studs in contact with the road surface. So I do tend to set the tyre pressure according to where/in what conditions I'll be cycling - rather like mtbiking but on road

 

[moon_monkey]

Just ordered some from All terrain cycles.
A little pricey, but not showing as out of stock. In fact, no mention of stock anywhere (on website or order confirmation) that I can find.
Should I be suspicious?

 

[andrew_s]

Know of any with english-language websites?

One of my best friends is in Finland right now ... and I have another Finnish friend who's coming to visit me in a weeks time. Doh!

I'm going to see if I can get them to buy me some

If the plan doesn't work, Starbike in Germany sell Nokian, including the A10. Out of stock at present, until Jan17 or thereabouts.

 

[Amheirchion]

Just ordered some from All terrain cycles.
A little pricey, but not showing as out of stock. In fact, no mention of stock anywhere (on website or order confirmation) that I can find.
Should I be suspicious?

I had the same thing ordering from them, I did email to ask about tracking orders etc and they replied that they would email me when they were dispatched. The tyres arrived with no problems and minimum fuss, so I think you should be fine.

 

[moon_monkey]

I had the same thing ordering from them, I did email to ask about tracking orders etc and they replied that they would email me when they were dispatched. The tyres arrived with no problems and minimum fuss, so I think you should be fine.

Looks like I ordered too late.
I received an emails from someone in their sales team last night saying they would be out of stock for a couple of weeks (pretty much like all the other retailers).
If I'm going to have to wait 2 weeks I might as well go somewhere cheaper, so I cancelled the order.

 

[Amheirchion]

Ah, unlucky. They seem to have a good team though, even if their software is a little lacking.