What is the raciest 559mm tire
07-12-11, 07:47 PM
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For my money, and if you can still find any anywhere, Tioga City Slickers in 1.25 width are fantastic tires.
Long wearing, lightweight, and very responsive.
I love slick tires on mountain bikes, btw. 99.9% of the riding I do is on road so knobbies make no sense whatsoever.
I'm probably doing it wrong, but I've never been able to get comfy on a "real" road bike, as pretty and graceful as they are.
Long wearing, lightweight, and very responsive.
I love slick tires on mountain bikes, btw. 99.9% of the riding I do is on road so knobbies make no sense whatsoever.
I'm probably doing it wrong, but I've never been able to get comfy on a "real" road bike, as pretty and graceful as they are.
07-12-11, 09:16 PM
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No...I mean yes. I'm trying to say that I've ridden a few poorly designed twin tread or semi slick 559 tires that get sketchy on corners and Goliaths aren't one of them. Even in wet conditions or on the paint. So they get my vote but I'm a conti fan in general. If only they made some 590's and 597's.
Tom...I love slicks too but I rode Goliaths for a few years and found they just held the road well at all times. Confidence inspiring.
I just returned to the fold with my first mtn bike frame in years...an 87 Fisher Montare...whoo hoo.
Tom...I love slicks too but I rode Goliaths for a few years and found they just held the road well at all times. Confidence inspiring.
I just returned to the fold with my first mtn bike frame in years...an 87 Fisher Montare...whoo hoo.
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07-13-11, 05:20 AM
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Goliaths are still slicks after all and have been on the market for about 20 years. Someone must like them other than moi.
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I have used the Nashbar tires on three MTB builds + one waiting for me to finish and think they are a great tire for the money. I also had a nice fold up that I bought from Performance and installed it on a Performance MTB that I really liked but can't remember what brand it was but I know I didn't spend more then $12 a tire for them.
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If a 180 psi silk sewup is the perfect tire for a velodrome and a knobbie is the right tire for offroad trails, what's the right tread for commuting in a city? Depending on your riding habits, I've found surfaces benefit with a little tread at the right moment, like the shoulder of a road, a cinder path, a sewer grate, an early morning park trail, damp with dew, birds chirping...
Goliaths are still slicks after all and have been on the market for about 20 years. Someone must like them other than moi.
Goliaths are still slicks after all and have been on the market for about 20 years. Someone must like them other than moi.
Well, if there's a tire that can keep me safe from sand sprinkled on the road, I'm interested. Sand on the road has been the cause of all my wipeouts in recent years.
Again, the tread on the edge of your tires might not hurt at all, which could lead customers to believe that it helps. It's possible that it neither helps nor hurts. The only way to know the difference between them is to test them until they slip!
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It really depends on how much you want to spend. If this is a transition tire while you are building a proper road bike for the wife, then go with the cheapo Nashbar/Performance options. If it is going to be used for a while, you can't go wrong with Contis. Like they say in business "No one ever got fired for buying IBM", you could say "No one ever got fired for buying Continental".
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Good point, Rocket-Sauce. But Nashbar tires may be no better than (or could be worse than) what she has, so I'll either go with what I know (Pasela, and thanks for that cogent point, Grand Bois) or I'll get Continental Gatorskins. That's the model, right? I'll show the prices to my wife and see what she prefers.
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