good winter tire for Escape 2 hybrid
05-23-14, 02:27 PM
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good winter tire for Escape 2 hybrid
Ok my Giant has 700 x 32 tires on it now...these are fine for the road but in the winter I ride trails...whats a good not too expensive better treaded tire....I also assume I can go like a 700 x 38 ????
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Where are you at? Winter weather can be quite different in different places. And what kind of trails: asphalt, stone, dirt?
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Upstate NY...trails are crushed stone and some mud...how would these be https://www.amazon.com/Black-HF-822-B...8+bicycle+tire
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Upstate NY...trails are crushed stone and some mud...how would these be https://www.amazon.com/Black-HF-822-B...8+bicycle+tire
Enjoy the summer, and wait to worry about winter.
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There are now a lot of 29'er MTB tires (same as 700c) available and these should have plenty of tread to suit your purpose. Just be sure that your frame and fork will clear what ever you pick.
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Where are you at? Winter weather can be quite different in different places.
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HaHa...improve my skills...well last winter i rode 1750 miles on my old hybrid...the year before almost 2000 winter miles...my "skills" are pretty good....the tires on this bike are smooth road like.....
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Who knows what new an possibly better tires may be available in 6 months. Also, if bike tires are at all like automotive tires, the selection of winter tires will be at it's lowest now. No reason not to explore options now, but hold off buying until you see all the options, including new stuff.
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Read the second part.
Who knows what new an possibly better tires may be available in 6 months. Also, if bike tires are at all like automotive tires, the selection of winter tires will be at it's lowest now. No reason not to explore options now, but hold off buying until you see all the options, including new stuff.
Who knows what new an possibly better tires may be available in 6 months. Also, if bike tires are at all like automotive tires, the selection of winter tires will be at it's lowest now. No reason not to explore options now, but hold off buying until you see all the options, including new stuff.
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Anti-freeze and snow tires are priced most aggressively coming into the season as players slug it out for a slice of the peak market. Off season, they charge full price because there's not enough market to fight over, and they figure anybody shopping now is serious and will pay.
So, if you find a deal, jump, but if it isn't right wait, and shop hard when sellers have maximum stock to unload.
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pricing of seasonal goods is kind of a funny thing. I don't know how the bike folks are, but I suspect that had you struck earlier you might have gotten a good deal on a left over. But if bike people think like auto people (for example) you might have missed the timing.
Anti-freeze and snow tires are priced most aggressively coming into the season as players slug it out for a slice of the peak market. Off season, they charge full price because there's not enough market to fight over, and they figure anybody shopping now is serious and will pay.
So, if you find a deal, jump, but if it isn't right wait, and shop hard when sellers have maximum stock to unload.
Anti-freeze and snow tires are priced most aggressively coming into the season as players slug it out for a slice of the peak market. Off season, they charge full price because there's not enough market to fight over, and they figure anybody shopping now is serious and will pay.
So, if you find a deal, jump, but if it isn't right wait, and shop hard when sellers have maximum stock to unload.
I highly doubt that bike tires are going to change that much in the coming year...the styles out there now in the hybrid style are pretty much the same as they have been for years
