Changing the knobby tires on my MTB commuting bike..
12-30-12, 08:29 PM
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I have Specialized Nimbus on my Nishiki Cascade MTB. Here's a link to a picture: https://wildavis.smugmug.com/Bikes/Ni...4877&k=2VqTHx5
The bike originally was shod with knobblies, but they were far too noisy, and so were changed. Over the years I tried large (2") slickies, which were OK, and also tried some skinnier (1.25") slickies, but at 100 psi they were very uncomfortable, so I changed back to the Nimbus, and at 85 psi they're very comfortable, and no louder than the slickies. HTH!
- Wil
The bike originally was shod with knobblies, but they were far too noisy, and so were changed. Over the years I tried large (2") slickies, which were OK, and also tried some skinnier (1.25") slickies, but at 100 psi they were very uncomfortable, so I changed back to the Nimbus, and at 85 psi they're very comfortable, and no louder than the slickies. HTH!
- Wil
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12-31-12, 04:10 PM
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I have nearly 500 miles on 26x1.5 Serfas Drifter tires with zero issues so far, not a single flat whatsoever. They replaced 26x2.1 knobbies on my KHS.
