Electric Bikes - Upgrade my Ezip rear tire.... Which One.
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1speedman
08-18-09, 08:32 PM
Hello, this is my first post... I love this forum, great info...
I just purchased a 09 Ezip Trailz Men's Electric Bicycle, and today when I wanted to take a ride my rear tire was flat... Instead of repairing the stock tire I want to purchase an after market tire.. What tire should I upgrade to?
toyfountain
08-18-09, 09:02 PM
Schwalbe Marathon plus
http://www.schwalbetires.com/marathon_plus
donob08
08-18-09, 09:18 PM
Second that!
nwmtnbkr
08-18-09, 11:38 PM
Depends on what type of riding you do. I just put a Currie conversion kit on my mountain bike last month. I kept my knobby tires because I'm really in the mountains and ride forest roads. I need knobby tires for my off road treks. I have more rolling resistance on pavement, which reduces speed somewhat, but it's a compromise that fits my riding needs. If you are only going to ride on pavement and not go off road, then maybe you should get street tires for both wheels. An eZip Mountain Trailz owner on another forum I belong to is very happy with his purchase of street tires from Walmart (he rides his bike to work and back and doesn't go off road with it). He's seeing a slight increase in speed with the smoother tires.
SeizeTech
08-19-09, 12:03 AM
IF you are going to ride on pavement, then I would really like to encourage a smooth tire designed specifically for pavement use. It'll add additional rolling efficiency.
1speedman
08-19-09, 09:05 AM
Hello again... Thanks everyone for your fast replies... Regarding my riding habits, I only use the bike for pavement riding, no off road riding... So I will go for the street tire..
I am having a problem finding the correct size for this bike,(26 x 2.0). Can I drop it down to 1.75?
One can always go with a thinner tire, going up in size is where you may run into clearance problems.
I run 1.5 inch tires on one of my uprights, I like them.