I need to replace a tire on my Bianchi Varsity hybrid city bike. The original Panaracer Ridge Line 2 tires (700 x 35C) are light knobby treads, but these tires no longer exist. There are two models of MICHELIN tires I can get in my area that look like good replacements, they are:
I can't decide on which to get. But I can say that I only ride in the city, and not for competition, but for transportation. So I value safety, comfort, and durability, over sheer speed. I want some stability when taking sharp corners, but I also do want to minimize my effort during straight riding. Both tires look like good candidates, but they have VERY different treads. If you had to choose one, which do you think is best for me and why?
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I need to replace a tire on my Bianchi Varsity hybrid city bike. The original Panaracer Ridge Line 2 tires (700 x 35C) are light knobby treads, but these tires no longer exist. There are two models of MICHELIN tires I can get in my area that look like good replacements, they are: MICHELIN Transworld Sprint: cycleus.webmichelin.comtransworldsprint.htmOpen ↗ MICHELIN Transworld City: cycleus.webmichelin.comtransworldcity.htmOpen ↗ I can't decide on which to get. But I can say that I only ride in the city, and not for competition, but for transportation. So I value safety, comfort, and durability, over sheer speed. I want some stability when taking sharp corners, but I also do want to minimize my effort during straight riding. Both tires look like good candidates, but they have VERY different treads. If you had to choose one, which do you think is best for me and why?
I would get the Transworld City, if those are really you only choices. When you ride on pavement, you want a tire that is as close to completely slick. The one exception is if you ride in snow too. The city is closer to being slick than the sprint. ----------------- Alex __O _-\<,_ (_)/ (_)
I need to replace a tire on my Bianchi Varsity hybrid city bike. The original Panaracer Ridge Line 2 tires (700 x 35C) are light knobby treads, but these tires no longer exist.
I have switched to Schwalbe now, they have an additional neoprene layer which makes them broken-glass proof. About 50% more expensive than normal ones, but better than constantly patching flat tires.
