Originally Posted by Needles

My Giant Iguana MTB has transmogrified over the years, based, partly, on the need for less pressure on hands, wrists, and shoulders. I put a sprung leather seat on it first, sort of a Brooks knock-off. Then I put some "buckhorn" cruiser bars on it, with 3" of rise and a lot more pullback. Right now I've got some 2.25" balloons on it--- the old wheels off my 7 speed cruiser (I swapped those out for a set with a 7 speed Shimano Nexus hub for the cruiser with 1.95" street tires. I intend to have a hybrid 3 + 7 hub laced onto the Giant rim, so I put the balloon tires on it so I can ride it in the meantime.) It looks a little weird (They're whitewalls, so make that UGLY!) but it's a lot more comfortable to ride, and it even outperforms the knobbies on pavement. I've pretty well decided that fatter street tires are the way I'm going to go on the Iguana.