Need help with bike tires.
05-14-06, 05:38 PM
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Need help with bike tires.
Hi there. I'm very new to this. I have a mtb that has 26 x 2.1 tires with agressive knobs that make that "quwish quwish" as you ride and a loud hum when you're going fast. I'd like to know if I want to change the tires to something more smoother do I need to find a tire that's exactly 26 x 2.1 but in a smooth pattern or can I find any tire of any size as long as it's 26"?
I think I have some IRC brand tire or rim right now. I'll double check later tonight. I just know the PSI is something like 40-60psi. I read somewhere before that the higher the PSI and the smoother the tire you'll get a smoother and faster ride. I find right now I'm using a lot of energy when I'm on the road to go the same distance my other bike with slicks does.
Is it better to just get the rims + + tube + tire for changing tires or just the tire itself? I learned last year already how to fix flat tires and have a flat tire kit. Oh yes, this bike uses those long nose tire air inlet things. Not like the car tires on the car. Forgot what it's called.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I think I have some IRC brand tire or rim right now. I'll double check later tonight. I just know the PSI is something like 40-60psi. I read somewhere before that the higher the PSI and the smoother the tire you'll get a smoother and faster ride. I find right now I'm using a lot of energy when I'm on the road to go the same distance my other bike with slicks does.
Is it better to just get the rims + + tube + tire for changing tires or just the tire itself? I learned last year already how to fix flat tires and have a flat tire kit. Oh yes, this bike uses those long nose tire air inlet things. Not like the car tires on the car. Forgot what it's called.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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05-14-06, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Zero_Enigma
Hi there. I'm very new to this. I have a mtb that has 26 x 2.1 tires with agressive knobs that make that "quwish quwish" as you ride and a loud hum when you're going fast.
Originally Posted by Zero_Enigma
I'd like to know if I want to change the tires to something more smoother do I need to find a tire that's exactly 26 x 2.1 but in a smooth pattern or can I find any tire of any size as long as it's 26"?
Any 559 mm (26 x some decimal) tire will work. Generally I don't recommend anything narrower than about 1.25" or 1.5".
Originally Posted by Zero_Enigma
I think I have some IRC brand tire or rim right now. I'll double check later tonight. I just know the PSI is something like 40-60psi. I read somewhere before that the higher the PSI and the smoother the tire you'll get a smoother and faster ride. I find right now I'm using a lot of energy when I'm on the road to go the same distance my other bike with slicks does.
I go into considerable detail about this in my Tires article: https://sheldonbrown.com/tires
Sheldon "Slicks For The Street" Brown
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Follow up Q,
If you have 1.95 tires (came with mass produced bike), what is the narrowest width you can change to without presumably needing to change tubes?
This may be a silly Q, but will a 1 3/8 tube work with a 1.4 or 1.3 or 1.25 (or 1.375 if it existed) tire? Basically, does the incompatibility of fraction size tires with 559 wheels extend to tubes as well?
If you have 1.95 tires (came with mass produced bike), what is the narrowest width you can change to without presumably needing to change tubes?
This may be a silly Q, but will a 1 3/8 tube work with a 1.4 or 1.3 or 1.25 (or 1.375 if it existed) tire? Basically, does the incompatibility of fraction size tires with 559 wheels extend to tubes as well?
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Originally Posted by godspiral
Follow up Q,
If you have 1.95 tires (came with mass produced bike), what is the narrowest width you can change to without presumably needing to change tubes?
This may be a silly Q, but will a 1 3/8 tube work with a 1.4 or 1.3 or 1.25 (or 1.375 if it existed) tire? Basically, does the incompatibility of fraction size tires with 559 wheels extend to tubes as well?
If you have 1.95 tires (came with mass produced bike), what is the narrowest width you can change to without presumably needing to change tubes?
This may be a silly Q, but will a 1 3/8 tube work with a 1.4 or 1.3 or 1.25 (or 1.375 if it existed) tire? Basically, does the incompatibility of fraction size tires with 559 wheels extend to tubes as well?
Basically, you don't want the tube to have folds/wrinkles.
590 (26 x 1 3/8) tubes can work in 559 tires. In my early mountain biking days I did this in a misguided attempt to save a bit of weight. I wouldn't recommend it. I found them less reliable and they made it harder to install the tire.
Sheldon "Tubes Are Stretchy" Brown
