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zboost300 05-12-08 10:24 PM

Post up pictures of MTB's with road tires,
 
I have seen a lot of talk but not one single good picture of a MTB with a road tire yet.

Zinn-X 05-12-08 10:27 PM

why would anyone do this...?

ed 05-12-08 10:29 PM


Originally Posted by zboost300 (Post 6684181)
I have seen a lot of talk but not one single good picture of a MTB with a road tire yet.

There aren't any...the MTB's are too embarrassed to pose for the camera.

BWAHAHAHA!

ShadowGray 05-12-08 10:42 PM

You mean with slicks? Or actual skinny 1.25- tires?

zboost300 05-12-08 10:51 PM

slicks I guess, 1.5 is the widest i;ve seen for road type tires.

Ducky 05-12-08 10:59 PM

I think i might get a set of road tires from my local bike shop... not slicks, but something a lil less knobby. then ill post pics. hows that?

RT 05-12-08 11:29 PM

Beefeater Red 2005 Raleigh M50-DX + Surly 1X1 rigid forks (-Suntour SR XC60 75 mm fork) + Nashbar Trekking Cranks + Scott AT-2 cowhorn handlebars + 9 speed SRAM upgrade + Michelin TransWorld City tires = Great Road Bike

Will post pics as soon as I get them back from then old school photo processing place.

ShadowGray 05-12-08 11:33 PM


Originally Posted by zboost300 (Post 6684288)
slicks I guess, 1.5 is the widest i;ve seen for road type tires.

Apparently you've never seen bontrager hanks if you think mtb can't handle slicks...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9...l/DSCI0008.jpg

Something I found off this forum.

I have 1.5 slicks on my mtb... I'll take a pic once I get my camera back from the gf...

Feathers 05-12-08 11:44 PM

i can photograph my mountainbike (with 2.3" tires) with a spare pair of 23mm roadbike tires hanging off the handlebars! :D

mrbrown 05-13-08 12:41 AM

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/...556c799a16.jpg

My Hardrock with skinny 1.25 slicks.

Other views here, here and here.

hiker1357 05-13-08 06:41 AM

Mr Brown, how does it ride? Any flats from city riding?

pyze-guy 05-13-08 07:36 AM

I'm in a good mood and don't mind being laughed at today.
My wifes s/s commuter, mid 90's bike I guess, came with canti's. 2.0 IRC slicks
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...f/IMG_0942.jpg

My daily fixed gear commuter/rain/winter/beater. Old late 80's Wheeler Pro 3000 mtb. 1.25 Nasbar slicks
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...f/IMG_0883.jpg

My mtb with slicks. I have 2 wheel sets I flip on/off for road and trails.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...f/IMG_0909.jpg

Glynis27 05-13-08 10:59 AM

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...7/DSC00415.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...7/DSC00411.jpg

1.25" slicks on 25mm rims.

GlassWolf 05-13-08 06:41 PM

http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/treknature6.jpg

2006 Trek Fuel EX 9.5
Vuelta Team SL ATB wheelset
Maxxis Holy Roller tires (urban assault/hardpack/freeride designated) 26"x2.2"
They're very smooth and fast for the size, with 55psi each and a 120lbs rider.

does that qualify as a road tire?
www.maxxis.com

ghettocruiser 05-13-08 08:21 PM

http://www.dropmachine.com/media/data/500/IMG_2115B.jpg

junkyard 05-13-08 08:22 PM

I don't get it. My road bike has road tires. Why would my mountain bike need them?

ed 05-13-08 08:36 PM


Originally Posted by GlassWolf (Post 6689499)
http://www.glasswolf.net/misc/treknature6.jpg

2006 Trek Fuel EX 9.5
Vuelta Team SL ATB wheelset
Maxxis Holy Roller tires (urban assault/hardpack/freeride designated) 26"x2.2"
They're very smooth and fast for the size, with 55psi each and a 120lbs rider.

does that qualify as a road tire?
www.maxxis.com

I like 'em!!!:love:

RT 05-13-08 09:22 PM


Originally Posted by junkyard (Post 6690070)
I don't get it. My road bike has road tires. Why would my mountain bike need them?

Some of us like to go off road on a whim, and cannot do that on a road bike. I rode my Giant Rainier from Colorado to Dallas (I-50, I-287)with 2" Forte VersaTracs on, and never had one issue. Great on the road, and they helped me in conditions where I would have had to get off my road bike and carry it through.

GlassWolf 05-14-08 12:33 AM

not all of us live on a paved road in happy suburbia.

junkyard 05-14-08 10:44 AM


Originally Posted by GlassWolf (Post 6691174)
not all of us live on a paved road in happy suburbia.

Then why would you put road tires on your mountain bike?

cryptid01 05-14-08 10:56 AM

http://i5.pinkbike.com/photo/1618/pbpic1618539.jpg

GlassWolf 05-14-08 11:01 AM


Originally Posted by junkyard (Post 6692995)
Then why would you put road tires on your mountain bike?

I for one live on a hardpacked dead-end dirt road, which transitions to asphault eventually.
The tires I use when I ride to the post office to get my mail, etc work wonderfully for that, and save me from eating the tread off of my nice knobby low pressure USB tires.. they also roll a lot faster with less resistance.

troll somewhere else.

bbgobie 05-14-08 11:01 AM

I have Specialized Fat boys on my steel hard rock.

For times to rid eon the bike path with the gf, when I don't feel like wasting tread on my FSR-XC and yes, riding my Cervelo SLC at 15km/hr with the girl is over kill.

M_S 05-14-08 11:30 AM

Ah, looks like you've got that one set up for commuting, gastro.

dminor 05-14-08 11:31 AM

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...Road_tires.jpg


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