Tire recommendation??
03-27-06, 03:02 PM
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Tire recommendation??
My wife has an older Schwinn that has 26 X 1.95 50# max semi mountain bike knobby tires. The tires are way wider than the wheels but I don't know the exact wheel rim width. All she does is ride on asphalt and I would love to replace them with a higher pressure smooth or minimal tread tire. Maybe she could keep up with me for a while 
and it would be nice if she really got into riding. A tire I found on the web that might work is the Michelin Transworld City in a 1.75" width and pressure up to 125# claimed but don't think the low end wheels will hold together at max pressure! Any recommendations? How narrow of a tire could I use? I would love to buy her a new bike that is better suited but I need to find out if she really wants to ride enough to make it worthwhile.
Thanks for any ideas.
Pete
and it would be nice if she really got into riding. A tire I found on the web that might work is the Michelin Transworld City in a 1.75" width and pressure up to 125# claimed but don't think the low end wheels will hold together at max pressure! Any recommendations? How narrow of a tire could I use? I would love to buy her a new bike that is better suited but I need to find out if she really wants to ride enough to make it worthwhile.Thanks for any ideas.
Pete
03-27-06, 09:07 PM
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I don't know about the transworld city tires, but the pressure rating seems way high for a tire that wide.
I've tried the forte city tires at performance because they were cheap (I paid $15 for both) and they were going on my held together by duct tape mountain bike. I put close to 500 miles on those tires. The only downside to them was that the max psi was 60 and they didn't have very good traction on wet roads.
When I got my rockhopper I got the specialized nimbus 1.5" tires. Max psi is 80 and they run for about $20. So far I like them. The tires that came on the rockhopper where 2.0" knobbies and the 1.5" tires fit fine, though they were a real pain to get on (as was taking the stock tires off). You should be able to fit 1.5" tires on yours.
I've tried the forte city tires at performance because they were cheap (I paid $15 for both) and they were going on my held together by duct tape mountain bike. I put close to 500 miles on those tires. The only downside to them was that the max psi was 60 and they didn't have very good traction on wet roads.
When I got my rockhopper I got the specialized nimbus 1.5" tires. Max psi is 80 and they run for about $20. So far I like them. The tires that came on the rockhopper where 2.0" knobbies and the 1.5" tires fit fine, though they were a real pain to get on (as was taking the stock tires off). You should be able to fit 1.5" tires on yours.
