Originally Posted by RH Clark

I have a 2012 Surly LHT that came with Continental TourRide 26X1.75 tires. I liked them pretty well for the road but they sucked on the dirt roads my wife prefers to ride on, so I put some cheap Schwalby Black Jack 2.1's on it for the dirt roads. Much better on dirt and gravel but very hard to do any distance on the road. I need advice because I live in a rural area where county roads have been patched multiple times and weren't that smooth to begin with. The 2.1's really smooth out my rough county roads but I can really feel the difference between their rolling resistance and the resistance of the 1.75's.

I was about to put the 1.75's back on but wanted to know if there were any good options in a 26" tire that would make my LHT faster on the road then the 1.75 Tour Ride tires but still give decent cushion to rough pavement. I weigh 175 and if I get another set of tires they will only be for unloaded pleasure rides.