Review on Continental ContiVikingContact 7 205/55 R16 94T winter by Jnis Gailis ᠌

I skated for one season on goodrich g-force stud 185/65 R15 bush spikes, which I got as a gift. In terms of grip properties, they were satisfied, although they did not show super results, but this is understandable since there are spikes only on the sides. Once I almost flew sideways onto the track from the accelerating lane when leaving the gas station, relying on spikes. At the same time, the tires, although they were soft and comfortable at the joints, made a lot of noise (additional studding had already been done). And there was still a beating even after balancing. Often you have to drive 100+ km one way along the highway (half along the M7, and the second part is local). I wanted quiet and comfortable tires on asphalt. I doubted whether it was worth taking friction clutches for my climate (Volga region), in the end I took a chance and so far have not regretted it. Dimension 195/60 R15 on polo liftback. Minor shortcomings are compensated by careful driving, and taking into account the fact that in the city everyone is already "sick" at 30-40 km / h during a snowfall, there are no problems at all. The city (Hong Kong) is cleaned promptly, on the M7 highway a large stream also quickly spreads snow and clears asphalt. There are no problems with rebuilding and overtaking (with proper execution of maneuvers). Today, climbing out of the garage into a snowy hill, where ice was already visible under the snow, there were no problems, of course, I took the hill in a small way. Before that, repeatedly riding around the city after / during a snowfall, I was looking for ups / downs where problems could arise. The tire successfully overcame all obstacles, with the exception of cases when it tried to move off into a steep slope (but such places are easily taken on a course). Impressions are generally positive, there is no desire to return to the spikes. But it is worth remembering that miracles do not happen, so you need to be more attentive to the condition of the road, the choice of distance and speed limit