Spray On Tire Chains???

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:51:57 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"

may have said:

"Lee Lindquist" wrote: I've also noticed that it stains my pants.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here's a tip: If you spray it INSIDE the waistband, the stains won't show,
and your pants won't fall down.

But do they supply it in several flavors? I'm holding out for
Thousand Island.

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"Dave Reckoning" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I am curious.

Anyone have expierence with this stuff?

http://tinyurl.com/5vdaa

No, but, my cross-country skiing alter-ego did hear a story (apocryphal?)
about how someone put klister (a ski grip wax that is a sort of gel) on
their car tires and immediately had MUCH better traction. The mechanics of
how klister increases traction on ice and snow are well known. It has
legendary durability, although it requires mineral spirits to remove. Be a
bold adventurer, try it and let us know how it works!

B Paton said:

"Dave Reckoning" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:wLdLd.39029$eT5.14676@attbi_s51...

Quoted message said:

I am curious.

Anyone have expierence with this stuff?

http://tinyurl.com/5vdaa

No, but, my cross-country skiing alter-ego did hear a story (apocryphal?)
about how someone put klister (a ski grip wax that is a sort of gel) on
their car tires and immediately had MUCH better traction. The mechanics of
how klister increases traction on ice and snow are well known. It has
legendary durability, although it requires mineral spirits to remove. Be a
bold adventurer, try it and let us know how it works!

Dear B.,

D'oh! I'd utterly forgotten what little I knew about
strapping boards on my feet. I've no idea if this page is
thrashing through the skiing equivalent of clinchers versus
tubulars, but it looks promising:

http://www.rideandglide.bizland.com/wax_101.htm

Thanks,

Carl Fogel

B Paton said:

"Dave Reckoning" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:wLdLd.39029$eT5.14676@attbi_s51...

Quoted message said:

I am curious.

Anyone have expierence with this stuff?

http://tinyurl.com/5vdaa

No, but, my cross-country skiing alter-ego did hear a story (apocryphal?)
about how someone put klister (a ski grip wax that is a sort of gel) on
their car tires and immediately had MUCH better traction. The mechanics of
how klister increases traction on ice and snow are well known. It has
legendary durability, although it requires mineral spirits to remove. Be a
bold adventurer, try it and let us know how it works!

Ah yes, I remember klister--from the days of wooden skis and iron men.
The regular stuff came in a tube like toothpaste, but it was the most
ennervatingly sticky stuff you could imagine. Recommeded reading before
dealing with it was "The Tale of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby." However
with a positive mental attitude, a good putty knife and a propane torch,
it could be satisfactorily distributed on the ski in a fairly thick
layer, 2-3 mm. It was used for old coarse grained snow, and in those
conditions you could really go--well like pedaling a bicycle (see
cycling content). In powder it would instantly ice up. In more recent
years as a sop to the wimpier practitioners, it became available in a
spray can. I saw ad for it in a movie in Norway, which advertised that
it was so easy even a Dane could apply it. The stuff in question might
actually work, but I'd want to delegate the job of cleaning up the bike
afterwards.

Mike