MTB slicks thread...

jur

Where?

gclark8

Guildford Cycles, James Street, East Guildford, WA.

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Little Jackie

2 of my friends have them on their bikes, 1 rides twice a week, but neither of them are looking for performance. They keep them pumped up to about 60 psi. No punctures yet and they have had them for at least 6 months. You should be able to get them over there.

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Jackie

Road Bike: Felt F100

XS Ladies Giant Upland (modified)- see it go!
http://www.cyclingforums.com/t363004.html

jur

I find myself looking at these. They seem light. I would need to add a Slime punture proof layer. I like the fat ones. Lower rolling resistance, suspension-like performance.

gclark8

Hold it Wilmer, they are overseas!!!

Add in currency exchange and air mail!!!

I'll stick with the local $15 cheapies for Little Jackie's girl friends to use on the bike paths. And for the rest, CONTIs!!!!!

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robalert

over 2000kays of commuting, riding off road paths, through glass... only 4 punctures all up to account for... writing on the sidewall coming off...

it's fast, it grips in the dry and the wet... and it makes my 12year old Apollo wonderfully rideable

heads up for the conti Sport Contact 26x1.3....

altho for my flat bar... i am in love with my michelin Prorace2!

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Rob

www.bikenorth.org.au

'07 Giant OCR Composite 3 - R550s with Michi Prorace2

'06 Giant CRX1

'96 Apollo Himalaya commuter - Rigid Fork, slicks, fully racked

DMR Switchback Reynolds 520- Velocity Cliffhangers, SRAM X-9, Easton bar/stem


DMR Trailstar 2 4130- Mavic117, Dice Whiplash, SCUD DH bars, LX 9spd, DMR Crisis Cranks.

'04 Giant VT3 frame - SOLD

scotty72

My antique Yukon also runs conti Sport Contact 26x1.3 front and rear.

Not a single flat in almost 4000 kms that I can lay as the tyre's fault.

The only flats I've had were 2 as a result of the Mr Tuffy's rubbing the tube; a pinch flat (these are my fault) and one dodgy valve last weekend.

Rolls very well and corners as hard as I dare...

Scotty

Little Jackie

I wasn't intimating that serious riders should consider the cheap $15 tyres. I just stated the fact that 2 of my firends who obviously are not serious riders are very happy with them. They are a good option for the casual rider!

I prefer Contis! I have a loan bike set up with Continental City Contact in order to give people an experience of better tyres.

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Jackie

Road Bike: Felt F100

XS Ladies Giant Upland (modified)- see it go!
http://www.cyclingforums.com/t363004.html

jur

Delivery corresponds to local delivery. I reckon there is a local warehouse, seems to be located somewhere in melb west of the CBD. Found it under Returns.

1id10t

Jur's right. Torpedo7 seem to have representation here.I've bought a few things from them and postage is only about $9 flat rate (except for larger stuff; wheels, bikes etc). That's not too bad I guess considering Dean Woods in Melb is about $7 and Wooleys Wheels in Sydney is $10. Not a bad place to keep an eye on as they can have some very good sales prices on stuff.

1id10t

They're not bad tyres for cheap ones. I rode on a couple last year on one of my bikes and it seemed to roll reasonably well for the short commute I used to have. They only cost me about $20 from a bike shop in North Sydney. I certainly found them to be better than the $40 Maxxis Overdrive (26x1.75s) I also rode on another bike. They only pump up to 50psi max and I found them to be sluggish.
Riding GEAX Roadrunners atm; these are 1.25 and have them pumped to 80psi. Seem to be holding up quite well. I'll have to try the Contis next when these wear out. Seems a lot of people have good words to say about them.

slaw

I got a pair of WTB Slickasaurus tyres from torpedo7 (my first order with them).
http://www.torpedo7.com/page/austra.../WTB-TYR-SLI-15

They were on special at $13 each. Also got a couple of cheap LED flashers, but even if I hadn't, with the $9 postage that works out to less than $20 a tyre. I've used these tyres before and they are good quality and last really well, even though they're not the fastest slicks I've used. Probably paid about $35 each or so several years ago for them, so even at their current price of $17, I reckon they're a good buy. Someone is trying to sell them on Ebay for around $60 a pair.

gclark8

OK, we seem to have the tyres well covered in this topic.

I have been asked to do minor component/performance upgrades on entry level bikes from time to time. Should we start a topic on this one or just add the details in here as they happen?

Edit: Thanks for the responses, I have started a new topic: http://www.cyclingforums.com/showth...429#post2988429

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matagi

I think it should be new thread, otherwise it will get lost - how many people thinking about doing upgrades to their bikes will think to look in a thread about MTB slicks, especially if they are infrequent browsers of the forums?