Road Tires for mountain bike

"Frank" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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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.

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

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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)

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

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 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.

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.

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Frank said...

Quoted message 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.

SuperSlinky said:

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).

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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?

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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:

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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...

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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.

Frank said:

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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Frank said:

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 said:

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

Agreed.

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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.

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Ollie said:

Specialised fat boys are great. They come in 1.25" and can be inflated

to

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100psi. This makes them very fast.

Agreed.

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They have no tread, which could be dicy in the wet, one wpuld think, but I haven't had any
trouble in the three

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four years I've been using them.

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

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(Stephen Baker) said:

ClydesdaleMTB says:

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

Cars wouldn't be subject to it either if they ran on razor blades at 100 psi

Because motorcycle tires are shaped like bike tires, it's really hard to hydroplane them too. I
once hit DEEP water at the bottom of an entrance ramp while riding like an idiot in heavy rain
(but I did beat all my buddies onto the interstate). The speed was probably between 70 and 80mph
(110-125km/h) and the water was deeper than the tires. I just KNEW I was going down, but all that
happened was I threw a VERY impressive wake and the force of the water blew all my footpegs into
their up position. I haven't worried about hydroplaning on a motorcycle since (not that I'd repeat
THAT stunt).

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of the $695 ti frame

depends on the motorcycle. sport bikes usually have a round profile, where touring and some
"regular" bikes have a flat faced tread like cars. I would imagine the flat faced treads
would plane.
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Technician said:

Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

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Because motorcycle tires are shaped like bike tires, it's really hard to hydroplane them too. I
once hit DEEP water at the bottom of an entrance ramp while riding like an idiot in heavy rain
(but I did beat all my buddies onto the interstate). The speed was probably between 70 and 80mph
(110-125km/h) and the water was deeper than the tires. I just KNEW I was going down, but all that
happened was I threw a VERY impressive wake and the force of the water blew all my footpegs into
their up position. I haven't worried about hydroplaning on a motorcycle since (not that I'd
repeat THAT stunt).

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depends on the motorcycle. sport bikes usually have a round profile, where touring and some
"regular" bikes have a flat faced tread like cars. I would imagine the flat faced treads
would plane.

Hmmmm - I haven't seen square tires on anything other than chopper-type "bad boy bikes" that no one
would dream of riding in rain (or drizzle, for fear of having to clean all that chrome). Square
profile tires would be a VERY bad idea for any bike that wasn't built to go in a straight line
(since the contact patch would get very strange when leaned).

Where have you seen such a thing? I want to make sure I never take my BMW in there for tires!!! ;-)

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of the $695 ti frame

Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

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Technician said:

Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Because motorcycle tires are shaped like bike tires, it's really hard to hydroplane them too. I
once hit DEEP water at the bottom of an entrance ramp while riding like an idiot in heavy rain
(but I did beat all my buddies onto the interstate). The speed was probably between 70 and
80mph (110-125km/h) and the water was deeper than the tires. I just KNEW I was going down, but
all that happened was I threw a VERY impressive wake and the force of the water blew all my
footpegs into their up position. I haven't worried about hydroplaning on a motorcycle since
(not that I'd repeat THAT stunt).

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depends on the motorcycle. sport bikes usually have a round profile, where touring and some
"regular" bikes have a flat faced tread like cars. I would imagine the flat faced treads
would plane.

Hmmmm - I haven't seen square tires on anything other than chopper-type "bad boy bikes" that no
one would dream of riding in rain (or drizzle, for fear of having to clean all that chrome).
Square profile tires would be a VERY bad idea for any bike that wasn't built to go in a straight
line (since the contact patch would get very strange when leaned).

Where have you seen such a thing? I want to make sure I never take my BMW in there for
tires!!! ;-)

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of the $695 ti frame

Hmm, could have sworn i see a stock Honda Goldwing with "square tires" as you called them.
perhaps they were rounder than what they appeared, though i still remember very clearly a flat
contact surface.

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(Stephen Baker) said:

ClydesdaleMTB says:

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

are.

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Cars wouldn't be subject to it either if they ran on razor blades at 100

psi

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Because motorcycle tires are shaped like bike tires, it's really hard to hydroplane them too. I
once hit DEEP water at the bottom of an entrance ramp while riding like an idiot in heavy rain
(but I did beat all my buddies onto the interstate). The speed was probably between 70 and 80mph
(110-125km/h) and the water was deeper than the tires. I just KNEW I was going down, but all that
happened was I threw a VERY impressive wake and the force of the water blew all my footpegs into
their up position. I haven't worried about hydroplaning on a motorcycle since (not that I'd repeat
THAT stunt).

Wow - you're such a cool guy! Wish I coulda done that ',;~}~

Shaun aRe done that once with his [censored], after wiping out on a grass bend and sliding at about 40 MPH
across the 2 foot deep waterlogged field.........whooooooooO! Heheheheheheeeeeeeeeheheheheh.....

Shaun Rimmer said:

Mark Hickey <[email hidden]> wrote :

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I once hit DEEP water at the bottom of an entrance ramp while riding like an idiot in heavy rain
(but I did beat all my buddies onto the interstate). The speed was probably between 70 and 80mph
(110-125km/h) and the water was deeper than the tires. I just KNEW I was going down, but all that
happened was I threw a VERY impressive wake and the force of the water blew all my footpegs into
their up position. I haven't worried about hydroplaning on a motorcycle since (not that I'd
repeat THAT stunt).

Wow - you're such a cool guy! Wish I coulda done that ',;~}~

Naaaah, I woulda been "cool" had I meant to do it.

The fact is my eyes were as wide as saucers and if there had been a steel rod up my butt I woulda
pinched it off.

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