bikershawn911
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I asked my LBS and they only said that I would want a cheap tire since I will most likely destroy it in one season (winter) due to the fact that the bike will be coming inside after every ride and the heat than the cold will cause the tire to expand and contract causing the tire to eventually blow up. Roads around here are dry a lot but when it snows it snows a lot although the main thing on the road is the sides which have lots of slush from the snow plows and salt/sand on the road and occasionally some ice (the roads are still flat as a pancake and I won't be riding deep into winter as the road I ride on does get plowed but not like other roads). I am also not a total winter rider but just until I wimp out and don't want to ride anymore (when it gets too cold and too much snow to plow through). I basically just need a descent (cheap) winter road tire (700 x 32 up to 700 x 35) for my cyclocross bike that I am using on the road. Thanks for any advice (I have looked at Schwalbe but the studded tires a lot of people like are $80 US). I would get the Schwalbe but I don't want the heat and than cold issue to cause me to blow the tires after only one riding season as that is a lot of money to waste. The other brands my LBS carries are Bontrager, Conti, CST, Gusset, Halo, Innova, Intense Tires, IRC, Kenda (I was looking at the Klondike aka the studded tires but it is also quite expensive), KHE, Maxxis, Michelin, Vee Rubber and Zipp. A side to this question should I go with 700 x32 or 700 x 35 for the winter tires (I am currently running expensive enough Bontrager H2 700 x 32 tires and love them in this dry/wet weather but they would be really bad for winter as there is no tread on them and they are going to stay my spring, summer, fall tire)?