You do realise the spikes are removable?
Its not the spikes themselves, its the capsule they are set in which is buggered. As soon as you hit hard stand some of the spikes rotate and become useless. I hoped they would put saw dust down on the hard stand but they didn't.
You have to be pretty religious at washing and drying the screwholes for them to last
Maybe that is just the (wo)men you have been with Pete?
This is just the sort of filth that you've got to watch out for