Mountain Biking - Road worthy tire for MTB

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA

View Full Version : Road worthy tire for MTB

cpblue
07-16-11, 06:40 PM
After the MTB race at this year's HTH-100 in Wichita Falls, Texas I'm going to change tires and ride the 100 mile road ride the next day. I've got a set of Conti's Town and County I could throw on for the 100 miler, but I'm looking for something a bit more road worthy. Suggestions?? Thanks.

ed
07-16-11, 08:36 PM
I've been enjoying my Nevegals quite alot on the road the last few days.
Grimlock
07-17-11, 06:50 AM
Michelin Wild Run'r. Very light and come in 1.4" and 1.1" versions. Not super tough though.
Continental SportContact. 1.3" Hella quick.

LesterOfPuppets
07-17-11, 12:14 PM
26" tires I presume?

I've been pretty stoked with the Performance Slick City 1.25". (http://www.performancebike.com/bikes//CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10551&langId=-1&pageSize=16&beginIndex=0&sortBy=Dollar+Rank%2F%2F1&searchType=resultSet&cn1=&searchTerm=slick+city) Not a bad tire for 10 bones.

I reckon thread is severely lacking in pics, so here's a Slick City mounted to a fairly wide rim on one of my dumpster score bikes.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/5802917696_a05286aa89_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterofpuppets/5802917696/)
Black Baron Day 8 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterofpuppets/5802917696/) by Lester Of Puppets (http://www.flickr.com/people/lesterofpuppets/), on Flickr
sknhgy
07-17-11, 08:18 PM
I just put some Nashbar Streetwise 1.5's on my Trek 820 today. They really ride nice. Made it into a whole different bike. I'm concerned about flat protection with these bargain priced tires - about $16 for the pair. We'll see how they hold up.
I meant to do a quick 10 mile ride just to try out the tires, but the ride felt so good I ended up doing over 20 miles.
estabro
07-19-11, 08:47 AM
26" tires I presume?

I've been pretty stoked with the Performance Slick City 1.25". (http://www.performancebike.com/bikes//CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10551&langId=-1&pageSize=16&beginIndex=0&sortBy=Dollar+Rank%2F%2F1&searchType=resultSet&cn1=&searchTerm=slick+city) Not a bad tire for 10 bones.







Those are not bad. Ritchey Tom Slicks are similar (but more expensive and more durable)
LesterOfPuppets
07-19-11, 10:06 AM
When I got the Slick City I almost got the Tom Slick instead and they do have thicker tread, but I'm cheap and didn't want siping so went to Slick City.