Tyre advice for MTB-26" wheels

[Default]

I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
advice/recommendations.

The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
slick.

Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a set of
Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x 1.75. But
these appear to be on the fat side to me.

So where could one obtain thinner tyres (almost road-like)? Wiggle for
example do a pair of Schwalbe Marathons, but at 26 x 1.50 I would like them
even thinner.

The rims are a set of Vuelta XRPs.

 

[Doki]

Default wrote:
> I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
> advice/recommendations.
>
> The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
> slick.
>
> Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a
> set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x
> 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.
>
> So where could one obtain thinner tyres (almost road-like)? Wiggle for
> example do a pair of Schwalbe Marathons, but at 26 x 1.50 I would
> like them even thinner.
>
> The rims are a set of Vuelta XRPs.

Schwalbe City jets are good, 1.5" wide and seem pretty fast, with little
tread pattern. Hutchinson's gold slick can be had from wiggle, and it's an
inch wide, though I'm not 100% sure how well that goes with standard (ie,
fairly wide) MTB rims.

 

[Doki]

Default wrote:
> I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
> advice/recommendations.
>
> The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
> slick.
>
> Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a
> set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x
> 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.
>
> So where could one obtain thinner tyres (almost road-like)? Wiggle for
> example do a pair of Schwalbe Marathons, but at 26 x 1.50 I would
> like them even thinner.
>
> The rims are a set of Vuelta XRPs.

Schwalbe City jets are good, 1.5" wide and seem pretty fast, with little
tread pattern. Hutchinson's gold slick can be had from wiggle, and it's an
inch wide, though I'm not 100% sure how well that goes with standard (ie,
fairly wide) MTB rims.

 

[Richard Goodman]

"Default" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
>advice/recommendations.
>
> The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
> slick.
>

The thinnest you'll find are 26x1, Continental, Hutchinson and Specialised,
at least, all do 1" tyres for 26" rims. Continental seem to get good
reviews but I've found them a tad on the expensive side so I've not used
them, I didn't like the Hutchinson 'Top slicks' - wore out too quickly and
not exactly puncture resistant - I've found the Specialised Pro works well
and I'm happy with it. The Fat Boy's quite good as well, at 1.25"

Rich

 

[Clive George]

"Default" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
> advice/recommendations.
>
> The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
> slick.

Panaracer pasela 26x1.25".

Ok, not strictly speaking slick (there's a sort of 'file' pattern on them)
but they are decent road tyres. Panaracer typically come in narrower than
they say, so should suit you.

Spa cycles sell them.

cheers,
clive

 

[B.G. Finlay IT Services]

Default ([email protected]) wrote:
: I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
: advice/recommendations.
: The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
: slick.

I've been using Specialized Nimbus tyres (26x1.5") on my mtb for a
while now. They'll even stand up to some trail riding in dry conditions
and seem fairly puncture proof. I got mine at the Edinburgh Co-op for a
tenner each.
Blair.

 

[Dave Larrington]

Default wrote:

> I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some
> advice/recommendations.
>
> The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly
> slick.
>
> Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a
> set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x
> 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.

Hutchinson Top Slick 25-559
Continental Grand Prix 25-559
Schwalbe Stelvio 28x559
Specialized FatBoy 32x559
Vredestein S-Lick 35-559

are all considerably smaller than the aforementioned and as near slick as
makes no odds (totally slick in the case of the Top Slick and FatBoy). I've
used all of them on the rear wheel of my Speedmachine (FatBoy on it at the
moment) in the past three years and have S-Licks on my MTB at the moment.
The Schwalbe has the lowest rolling resistance, though some have found the
sidewalls to be a bit vulnerable (likewise with the Conti).

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

 

[Default]

OK thanks for the recommendations folks!

BTW anybody know how well 1.0 tyres will fit on a MTB rim? Are the tyres to
made so as to compensate for a thicker rim?

 

[Default]

> OK thanks for the recommendations folks!
>
> BTW anybody know how well 1.0 tyres will fit on a MTB rim? Are the tyres
> to made so as to compensate for a thicker rim?
>
>


I was referring to the Wiggle tyres in the MTB Road section. Including the
1.0 Continentals..

 

[Arellcat]

Default wrote and then added:

> > BTW anybody know how well 1.0 tyres will fit on a MTB rim? Are the
tyres
> > to made so as to compensate for a thicker rim?
> >
> I was referring to the Wiggle tyres in the MTB Road section.
Including the
> 1.0 Continentals.

I seem to have missed the rest of this thread, so my apologies if this
has all been suggested. For what it's worth, I would think most 1.0
inch-wide tyres would work on a mtb rim, as long as it wasn't one of
those hulking big things for heavy duty downhill racing. Most rims
these days seem to be fairly narrow anyway. The Specialized Fatboy
has always been a 1.0 inch tyre as far as I can remember, and very
popular, so presumably any tyre marked ISO559 is likely to work.
I've not used a tyre quite that narrow, but on my commuting mtb I use
1.25 inch tyres on regular Mavic rims without a problem.

Becky

 

[Default]

> I seem to have missed the rest of this thread, so my apologies if this
> has all been suggested. For what it's worth, I would think most 1.0
> inch-wide tyres would work on a mtb rim, as long as it wasn't one of
> those hulking big things for heavy duty downhill racing. Most rims
> these days seem to be fairly narrow anyway. The Specialized Fatboy
> has always been a 1.0 inch tyre as far as I can remember, and very
> popular, so presumably any tyre marked ISO559 is likely to work.
> I've not used a tyre quite that narrow, but on my commuting mtb I use
> 1.25 inch tyres on regular Mavic rims without a problem.
>
> Becky
>
>


OK thanks, I'll get the rims first and "see" how wide they are and report
back - I don't imagine they should be overly wide.

BTW the Specialized Fatboys are listed here as 1.25 not 1.0:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_detail.asp?ProdID=5110000289

Also the rest of this post is here:

http://tinyurl.com/5jgrn

 

[MSeries]

Arellcat wrote:

> ...... regular Mavic rims .....

whatever those might be.

 

[Arellcat]

MSeries dared:

> >...... regular Mavic rims .....
>
> whatever those might be.

I didn't know I had to be specific. "Regular" in the context of
ISO559 sized rims implied all-round usage, as I'd already
differentiated from specialised widths and sections such as those
designed for downhill. For what it's worth: X138 on the front, X517
on the rear; neither of which is, or was, expensive or special.

Becky