Can anyone suggest a decent Road Tyre for 29er wheels?

[Pale Rider]

I beg to differ
Me being a Schwalbe girl, I did have Apples too at one point.
Like for like, imo, on a chunky mb the City Jets would be the sleekest option, albeit with less puncture protection than all tyres mentioned so far.
@MiK1138 I bet you have a tyres induced headache now

City Jets look fine, but unless I've made a balls of the search, they are only available in 26".

No doubt there will be a 700c that's very similar.

As you say, tyre range headache time.

http://www.schwalbe.com/gb/tour-reader/city-jet.html

 

[Pat "5mph"]

City Jets look fine, but unless I've made a balls of the search, they are only available in 26".

Yeah, you're probably right, I forgot about the size availability.
There's another one, I haven't tried them yet, @flyingfifi has them, they are called Marathon Mondial. good puncture protection, as in she had no punctures on our Lakes tour.

 

[Pale Rider]

Yeah, you're probably right, I forgot about the size availability.
There's another one, I haven't tried them yet, @flyingfifi has them, they are called Marathon Mondial. good puncture protection, as in she had no punctures on our Lakes tour.

Mondials are towards the top of Schwalbe's range so they ought to perform - last for ever and hardly ever puncture will be about the strength of it.

The OP could do worse than try BikeDiscount if he fancies a Schwalbe tyre.

I've found them as cheap as anywhere and honest about stock, if they say they have the tyres, they do.

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/shop/schwalbe-1305

 

[NorthernDave]

Another vote for Schwalbe Land Cruisers. Got a pair on the hybrid after trying (and hating) Marathons.

 

[tincaman]

Vittoria Hyper 38mm from Planet X, £20, or the 35mm is £15
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIVOHY/vittoria-voyager-hyper-folding-tyre

 

[tincaman]

Vittoria Hyper 38mm from Planet X, £20, or the 35mm is £15
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIVOHY/vittoria-voyager-hyper-folding-tyre

They also pump up big as well so the 38mm will be 40mm or more on a 29er rim

 

[Deleted member 23692]

A more direct replacement for the podgy tyres on an MTB would be one of Schwalbe's balloon range.

Big Ben, Big Apple, or Big Apple Plus for extra puncture protection.

More comfort from the bigger air chamber and a more road-orientated - shallower - tread than some of the other suggestions.

http://www.schwalbe.com/gb/tour.html

Seconded... and best of all are the Super Motos

 

[outlash]

Do they not look a tad 'lost' in there with the fork gap?

What fork gap?

 

[raleighnut]

What fork gap?

The clearance for a 2.5-3" tyre, I tried some 1.5" tyres (Schwalbe Marathon) on an MTB I was converting to a trekking hybrid and they looked lost, had to go to 1.75" and they still looked too skinny but OKish (I think that translates to a 43mm width in metric)

 

[outlash]

The clearance for a 2.5-3" tyre, I tried some 1.5" tyres (Schwalbe Marathon) on an MTB I was converting to a trekking hybrid and they looked lost, had to go to 1.75" and they still looked too skinny but OKish (I think that translates to a 43mm width in metric)

They're on my Fratello, it's a road bike.

 

[raleighnut]

They're on my Fratello, it's a road bike.

So not a 29er then, yours is a 700c road bike I take it.

 

[outlash]

It is a road bike, but the wheels have 29er rims on them as I mentioned in my first post.

 

[mickle]

Have I missed something? 29.5 is 700c is it not??

 

[MiK1138]

A more direct replacement for the podgy tyres on an MTB would be one of Schwalbe's balloon range.

Big Ben, Big Apple, or Big Apple Plus for extra puncture protection.

More comfort from the bigger air chamber and a more road-orientated - shallower - tread than some of the other suggestions.

http://www.schwalbe.com/gb/tour.html

I was having a look at Big Apples they get some good reviews and they are not over priced

 

[MiK1138]

I beg to differ
Me being a Schwalbe girl, I did have Apples too at one point.
Like for like, imo, on a chunky mb the City Jets would be the sleekest option, albeit with less puncture protection than all tyres mentioned so far.
@MiK1138 I bet you have a tyres induced headache now

I do Pat, its like anything else you ask on here you get hunners of opinions but i would rather read through the opinions than just go out and buy a pig in a poke