Road Tires for mountain bike

Any recommendations? The store I go to has Continental Town&Country, and something called Tioga City
slickers. They are 1.9x26 and 1.95x26 respectively so they can fit my current rims. I'll be taking
it to work on in the summer, and I'll encounter a 6 KM stretch of highway riding.

Frank Vancouver, BC

"Frank" <frank@nospam.com> wrote in message news:0AdEa.144567$ro6.4253410@news2.calgary.shaw.ca...
> Any recommendations? The store I go to has Continental Town&Country, and something called Tioga
> City slickers. They are 1.9x26 and 1.95x26 respectively so they can fit my current rims. I'll be
> taking it to work on in the summer, and I'll encounter a 6 KM stretch of highway riding.
>
> Frank Vancouver, BC
>

I have had a set of the T&C's on a commuter bike for years and am now riding them on local trails.
I think they are great tires, though not so great for real mountain biking in the loose stuff
Very tough.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove .nospam. if replying)

I have a set of Kenda's hold 100psi and roll fast .Almost like my road bike .

--
J/O Trailblazer At large !!

I ride to work every day and i use the Specialized Nimubs tyre which is 1.5 wide narrow yes but
faster, also it has kevlar woven across the top of the tyre to prevent thorns/glass piercing
through, ive never had a puncture since ive had em ! (6 months now)

On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 04:09:32 GMT, "Frank" <frank@nospam.com> wrote:

>Any recommendations? The store I go to has Continental Town&Country, and something called Tioga
>City slickers. They are 1.9x26 and 1.95x26 respectively so they can fit my current rims. I'll be
>taking it to work on in the summer, and I'll encounter a 6 KM stretch of highway riding.
>
>Frank Vancouver, BC
>

Specialized Crossroads is a good mix- solid center bead for road, with knobbies on the side for
better traction in dirt. I've got them on my "hybrid" (I hate that word) road/mtb bike.

ELi

"Frank" <frank@nospam.com> wrote:

>Any recommendations? The store I go to has Continental Town&Country, and something called Tioga
>City slickers. They are 1.9x26 and 1.95x26 respectively so they can fit my current rims. I'll be
>taking it to work on in the summer, and I'll encounter a 6 KM stretch of highway riding.

I suspect you meant 1.5" and 1.95" (they also come in 1.0 and 1.25" sizes).

The City Slicker is one of my favorite tires - they have a motorcycle-like profile (not round), and
seem to grip the road as well or better than any other tire I've ever ridden. They also look wider
than their stated size, which I like since the 1.95" City Slickers I used to ride (pre-Habanero)
looked like knobbies when they were rolling. It's great fun to make a roadie think you're passing
him on a MTB shod with knobbies.

Also, they're cheap, last a long time, and are relatively immune to flats.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

Frank said...

> Any recommendations? The store I go to has Continental Town&Country, and something called Tioga
> City slickers. They are 1.9x26 and 1.95x26 respectively so they can fit my current rims. I'll be
> taking it to work on in the summer, and I'll encounter a 6 KM stretch of highway riding.
>
> Frank Vancouver, BC

I've got Michelin Wildgripper Rock tires installed now. They are 1.75" wide and have a tread pattern
that I think is well designed. They are fast rolling and you can take corners fast on pavement. Most
semi-slick tires have knobbies on the side which make me nervous taking corners on the road. Either
that or you get almost no tread at all, which makes trail riding difficult to say the least. The
Rocks have enough tread to take anything but mud or very loose dirt with ease. MSRP is only $20
(US). I bought mine at Nashbar.

On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 19:58:25 GMT, SuperSlinky wrote:

> I've got Michelin Wildgripper Rock tires installed now. They are 1.75" wide and have a tread
> pattern that I think is well designed. They are fast rolling and you can take corners fast on
> pavement.

I have those on my "road" bike too, and I agree completely. They corner well on pavement at
high-speed, and the rolling resistance feels as good as the slicks I had previously - and if I want
to take the bike on some easy trails they work well, too. Slicks are worse than useless off-road
(they're downright dangerous).

--
-BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least)

I ended up getting the Conti T&C's. Really smooth and quiet compared to my Bontrager
Connections that came with my Trek4100.. Now questions is.. what PSI should I be running these
Conti's for the road?

"Frank" <frank@nospam.com> wrote in message news:0AdEa.144567$ro6.4253410@news2.calgary.shaw.ca...
> Any recommendations? The store I go to has Continental Town&Country, and something called Tioga
> City slickers. They are 1.9x26 and 1.95x26 respectively so they can fit my current rims. I'll be
> taking it to work on in the summer, and I'll encounter a 6 KM stretch of highway riding.
>
> Frank Vancouver, BC

Frank says:

>I ended up getting the Conti T&C's. Really smooth and quiet compared to my Bontrager Connections
>that came with my Trek4100.. Now questions is.. what PSI should I be running these Conti's for
>the road?
>

Please let us know when it's supper time - we'll come and spoon feed you......

Look on the side of the tyre (or tire, if you like). There will be a range of pressures listed. Try
it at the highest, then reduce by 5 psi every ride until you find the pressure that best suits you.

Steve

Frank said...

> I ended up getting the Conti T&C's. Really smooth and quiet compared to my Bontrager Connections
> that came with my Trek4100.. Now questions is.. what PSI should I be running these Conti's for
> the road?

Higher pressures have less rolling resistance. Lower pressures ride better, but you have a greater
risk of getting a pinch flat if you hit something too hard. Look at the side of your tire for the
pressure range. I like low pressures. I ignore what the tire says and run 35 psi.

On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 04:09:32 GMT, "Frank" <frank@nospam.com> wrote:

>Any recommendations?

The cheapest slick or semi-slicks there are! <G>

I currently have Bontrager semi-slicks that were $5 each at last year's Pedrosfest on my "townie".
They work great, and I can still toss the bike around on some trails, to a limited extent.

Barry

Specialised fat boys are great. They come in 1.25" and can be inflated to 100psi. This makes them
very fast. They have no tread, which could be dicy in the wet, one wpuld think, but I haven't had
any trouble in the three or four years I've been using them. Ollie "B a r r y B u r k e J r ."
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> On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 04:09:32 GMT, "Frank" <frank@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >Any recommendations?
>
> The cheapest slick or semi-slicks there are! <G>
>
> I currently have Bontrager semi-slicks that were $5 each at last year's Pedrosfest on my "townie".
> They work great, and I can still toss the bike around on some trails, to a limited extent.
>
> Barry

Ollie wrote:
> Specialised fat boys are great. They come in 1.25" and can be inflated to 100psi. This makes them
> very fast.

Agreed.

> They have no tread, which could be dicy in the wet, one wpuld think, but I haven't had any trouble
> in the three or four years I've been using them.

That is because bicycles are not subject to hydroplanain as car tires are.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tyres.html#hydroplaning

Thanks "ClydesdaleMTB" <ClydesdaleMTB@netscape.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Ollie wrote:
> > Specialised fat boys are great. They come in 1.25" and can be inflated
to
> > 100psi. This makes them very fast.
>
> Agreed.
>
>
> > They have no tread, which could be dicy in the wet, one wpuld think, but I haven't had any
> > trouble in the three
or
> > four years I've been using them.
>
> That is because bicycles are not subject to hydroplanain as car tires are.
>
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tyres.html#hydroplaning