Road tyres for MTB

[Dd5]

Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country roads, not commuting). What
are the best tyres for this?

Thanks.

[Zog The Undenia]

DD5 wrote:

> Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country roads, not commuting). What
> are the best tyres for this?

Vredestein S-Licks are good road tyres. No punctures in 1,500 miles and they're very grippy. They
would be awful in mud but they're OK for fine gravel.

[Andyp]

"DD5" <hophed@hotmail.com> wrote

> Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country
roads,
> not commuting). What are the best tyres for this?

I started a thread about my experience of swapping knobblies for slicks recently. You can find some
people's varying recommendations for tyres in there. Personally I found very little speed advantage
in the ones I picked if that's what you're after and after persevering for a few weeks plan to swap
them back so that I can dive off into the woods again when the mood takes me of a morning without
having to think about which tyres I want before hand and faff about swapping them. I presume most
road tyres would have a better wear rate though.

[Marten Hoffmann]

ggg@hhh.net schreef ...
> DD5 wrote:
>
> > Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country roads, not commuting).
> > What are the best tyres for this?
>
> Vredestein S-Licks are good road tyres. No punctures in 1,500 miles and they're very grippy. They
> would be awful in mud but they're OK for fine gravel.

The S-Licks are very good indeed. As is the Panaracer Hi-Road S.

--
Regards, Marten

[waffle]

may i suggest the Continental Town & Country's:
built for stability and traction as well as value;
smooth tread surface for a seamless, asphalt-gripping ride;
extremely high mileage and very high puncture resistance;
designed and molded to provide excellent grip under all weather conditions.
Problem solved!

[Danny Colyer]

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
> Vredestein S-Licks are good road tyres. No punctures in 1,500 miles and they're very grippy. They
> would be awful in mud but they're OK for fine gravel.

I used to swear by S-Licks, until I bought a bike fitted with Schwalbe Marathons.

Not much to choose between them in terms of rolling resistance or puncture resistance. But the
Marathons last twice as long and have a nice reflective sidewall, which the S-Lick's don't have.

The big downside of the S-Licks is that they have been an extremely tight fit on every rim that I've
ever used them on. They're a pig to get on and off when I *do* have to remove one to fix a puncture
(which I've had to do 3 times in the past week).

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

[Dd5]

Thanks for the info everyone. Very helpful. I'll check out the tyres you mentioned. Maybe one day
I'll get a duplicate set of wheels to make the swap easier. Thanks.

[Pete Biggs]

DD5 wrote:
> Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country roads, not commuting). What
> are the best tyres for this?

You don't say what the other 30% is but if S-Licks are ok then Schwalbe City Jet 1.5's are also
worthy of consideration. See: www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_detail.asp?ProdID=5300003751

~PB

[David Martin]

On 8/12/03 1:59 pm, in article br202n$27ifle$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de, "Pete Biggs"
<pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote:

> You don't say what the other 30% is but if S-Licks are ok then Schwalbe City Jet 1.5's are also
> worthy of consideration. See: www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_detail.asp?ProdID=5300003751

I've just put a brace of these ont eh MTB and am very happy with them so far.

..d

[Chris Bardell]

David Martin <d.m.a.martin@dundee.ac.uk> wrote in news:BBFA409F.7074%d.m.a.martin@dundee.ac.uk:

> On 8/12/03 1:59 pm, in article br202n$27ifle$1@ID-144931.news.uni-berlin.de, "Pete Biggs"
> <pbiggmellon{remove_fruit}s2000@onetel.net.uk> wrote:
>
>
>> You don't say what the other 30% is but if S-Licks are ok then Schwalbe City Jet 1.5's are also
>> worthy of consideration. See: www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_detail.asp?ProdID=5300003751
>
> I've just put a brace of these ont eh MTB and am very happy with them so far.
>
> ..d
>
>

Seconded - my MTB has these as of last March (use it 99% on-road). City Jets are a lot of fun round
the corners, smooth-running, don't seem hugely puncture-prone, reasonably-priced. Do it.

--
Chris Bardell [Remove favourite mode of transport from email address]