>>1085023That depends on your climate, where you live does the pavement get covered with ice for more than a handful of days per winter?
Studded tires give you traction when you're riding over ice, but don't give you any advantage on snow that has pavement or dirt underneath. You should also know that studded tires will slow you down if you're riding them on clear pavement, and tend to be heavy, so if you don't really need them you're better off without.
Where I live we don't get ice more than about 3-7 days per year, I commuted through several winters on ordinary hybrid/mtb tires, didn't get studded tires until I had the opportunity to pick some up for cheap.
If you live somewhere like me where there's not much snow or ice, but temps do get cold, I recommend Conti Top Contact Winter tires - they're made with a special compound that doesn't turn brittle in really cold temperatures and a tread pattern with loads of little grippy nubs, so they give you a little more grip when riding on snowy streets, like riding with knobby MTB tires, but without the rolling resistance penalty that comes with knobbies.
