Can I change wheels / tyres on a MTB regularly?
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Cubist
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Yes.
I used to change tyres for the week's commuting, then back to knobblies for t e weekends and club-night.
If you want to go down the route of a full wheelset change, I should think you'll need to have identical axles and brake rotors, and be prepared to adjust your brake calipers between changes, but it would be quicker than swapping the tyres.
I used to change tyres for the week's commuting, then back to knobblies for t e weekends and club-night.
If you want to go down the route of a full wheelset change, I should think you'll need to have identical axles and brake rotors, and be prepared to adjust your brake calipers between changes, but it would be quicker than swapping the tyres.
GrumpyGregry
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exactly what I used to do when I only had one mtb; ended up with three sets of wheels; slickshod for the road, trailshod for fun and raceshod for racing. the slickshod set have a road cassette on them as you don't need such a wide range of gears on the tarmac I find.
only thing you may find is that if you rack up significant mileages on one set rather than the other then your chain may skip on the cassette of the other set as the chain and cassette wear into each other so when you effectively change the cassette by swopping wheels it skips
only thing you may find is that if you rack up significant mileages on one set rather than the other then your chain may skip on the cassette of the other set as the chain and cassette wear into each other so when you effectively change the cassette by swopping wheels it skips
There is a bit more to it than just swapping the wheels and tyres. MTBs are not set up for the road - the suspension uses up a lot of effort (especially full sus) and the geometry and riding position are different, so you may find yourself moving the saddle or even wanting a different saddle.MighyG said:
For occasional road use it won't matter at all and at its simplest all you would need to do would be to swap your knobblies for slicks. However, if you are wanting to do frequent long road rides, I think you might get teed off with doing them on an MTB.
A spare set of decent MTB disk wheels and tyres won't be a lot less than a second hand road bike in reasonable condition. Just another option.
ed_o_brain
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I use a lovely mid 90's cannondale MTB for commuting - I've dropped and narrowed the bars and pushed the saddle back to get nice and low on the bike without getting too cramped. When I made the changes it took a few days riding to get the position just so.
I am particular - but I find if you are riding any mileage it is hard not to be - and I know the hassle of changing tyres or changing wheels (and getting caught out with a miss matching chain/cassette) would really get on my man boobs after a whlie.
Putting on slicks would be fine for shortish daily commute but for longer road rides, a different bike would be better.
My 'dale set me back about £150, and the only things I've change on it (in terms of items that wear out) are tyres and brake blocks.
I think a second bike is the way to go.
I am particular - but I find if you are riding any mileage it is hard not to be - and I know the hassle of changing tyres or changing wheels (and getting caught out with a miss matching chain/cassette) would really get on my man boobs after a whlie.
Putting on slicks would be fine for shortish daily commute but for longer road rides, a different bike would be better.
My 'dale set me back about £150, and the only things I've change on it (in terms of items that wear out) are tyres and brake blocks.
I think a second bike is the way to go.
Lazy-Commuter
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The number of bikes you need is n+1, where n is the number of bikes you currently own.MighyG said:
