Originally Posted by
tony_merlino
Oops! When you say "mountain bike tires", do you mean knobbies? Or just "not skinny road bike tires". The bike I was planning to use for this is an old rigid-frame MTB, but it's got fat slicks on it. I may have to change my plans for the "virgin voyage"...
I mean "not skinny road tires." Knobbies are nice awesome on this trail, but a friend of mine rides it on 700x32 touring tires. (He's a little crazy, but he does it.) Slicks should be okay, I think, though you may want to be careful where the gravel gets slipper.
My 700x34 light knobbies are, I think, the perfect combination of speed and traction for this trail.