[QUOTE=Mountain_Owl]
Originally Posted by Doug5150
So, if I wanted to take my bike onto bike trails (off-road), what would you advise?
If you're riding in the
mud, you want real knobbies and you just have to accept the fact that they won't ride well on pavement. Tires with widely-spaced knobbies will have a LOT of drag when riding on the street.
If you're just riding on usually-dirt trails, you can get by with a general-sort of tire. The Continental Town & Country is popular in this category and doesn't cost too much:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...h+Images&gbv=2
Beyond that would be a combination-type tire that has a smoother center section:
Kenda Krisp ATB -
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...=Search+Images
Forte Topo FasTrac -
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...=Search+Images
If you ride on pavement a lot but still want knobbies anyway, then try to stick with something that has solid closely-spaced knobbies along the centerlike these do:
Forte VersaTrac -
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...=Search+Images
Continental Traffic MTB -
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...=Search+Images
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