MTB to single speed converts: miss fat tires?
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MTB to single speed converts: miss fat tires?
For years I road a mountain bike with 2" tires. Now I have 1.6" tires. The thing I like best about having wide tires is that I hardly ever have to add air to the tires. On average I go one whole month before adding any air.
I'm considering getting a single speed bike, outfitted with chainguard and fenders. My one concern is that I'll get annoyed with having to pump up the tires frequently. Will I have to bust out the pump every week? Every three days? It seems most single speed bikes come with 700x28 or 700x32 tires.
Anyone ever make the switch from MTB to single speed for commuting/utility cycling in an urban area? Any regrets? Thanks.
I'm considering getting a single speed bike, outfitted with chainguard and fenders. My one concern is that I'll get annoyed with having to pump up the tires frequently. Will I have to bust out the pump every week? Every three days? It seems most single speed bikes come with 700x28 or 700x32 tires.
Anyone ever make the switch from MTB to single speed for commuting/utility cycling in an urban area? Any regrets? Thanks.
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I hear some single speeds, such as the Mercier Kilo TT are especially wide-tire compatible. As I research various models of single speed bikes, is there a way to distinguish which single speeds will be wide-tire compatible? I also want to add cheap plastic fenders. I'm starting to doubt that I'll be able to fit both wide tires and fenders underneath the break pulleys. There tends to be minimal clearance.
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i have a motobecane fantom cross uno that i just put 700x38c tires on and could fit fenders too. the kilo tt is sold by the same people who sell the motobecane. one thing about the motobecane is that it has cantilever brakes which give you more room to fit tires and fenders. the main problem i'm having with clearance is depending on the gearing and tire size, the tire can rub the seat tube and/or not leave room for fenders. I'd like even bigger tires but i doubt i could go much larger than 700x42 or so
if you want room for fenders and fat tires, just go with an old mountain bike
if you want room for fenders and fat tires, just go with an old mountain bike
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My one concern is that I'll get annoyed with having to pump up the tires frequently.
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I'm confused why it is that you think you'll have to add air more frequently to your tires because the bike's a SS anyways (even with skinnier rubber...),the tires know not how many gears you have There's no distinction between being a mtn biker and being a SS'er,all my mtn bikes are SS's,and half of my road-ish bikes have slider drops and derailluer hangers for switching back and forth between SS and gears. There are lots of options available to you,my friend.
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My pump is next to my bikes and take two seconds. No it doesn't bother me.
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My 32s take air nearly everyday but I have light tubes. A pump or two and it is ready. LC
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I Put together a single speed , it was using an MTB frame , & wheels (rear, re-dished freewheel type.)
nobody says it cannot be both ,,
nobody says it cannot be both ,,
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From all the home made videos I have seen of people bicycling in London, it seriously looks like something out of a Mad Max movie, my hat off to all those that brave the traffic out there on bicycles!
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Check out the Surly website, lots of wide tire options.
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