MTB Slicks - Please Advise?

[doily]

Thirding the city jets, rode them over all sorts of crap on my London commute, never had any problems. They were about £25 a pair, I think, a couple of years ago at the LBS, which has now appeared online here, http://www.chamberlainecycles.co.uk (but they don't seem have much of anything for sale on their site)

 

[mikeitup]

re

+1 for the Marathons!

They have been fine. Done 2000 miles on mine. They don't like wet manhole/drain covers though.

 

[Royalrider]

+1 for Continental Sport contact. I put these on my mountain bike for exactly the reasons you seem to be looking for ie Long rides part road part trail, of the disused railway line type. I have found them to be excellent and have not had a p****** since swopping to them. I have marathons on another bike and to be honest I think the contis are better.

 

[mrfacetious]

looking at Continental Sport Contact and Hutchinson's now
MOST IMPORTANTLY BEFORE I BUY:
Can a 26" wheel take ANY 26" tyre?
there isn't much about this anywhere.. my current tyres are 1.95s

 

[threefingerjoe]

looking at Continental Sport Contact and Hutchinson's now
MOST IMPORTANTLY BEFORE I BUY:
Can a 26" wheel take ANY 26" tyre?
there isn't much about this anywhere.. my current tyres are 1.95s

NO! Check out Sheldon Brown. http://sheldonbrown.com/tires.html He explained it all.

 

[fossyant]

More or less............ my rims took the 1.2's fine.....with a bit of luck it will be back to MTB duties and knobblies soon.......

 

[4F]

I see there are a few conti sport contact fans. I'm assuming the 26" version is better than the 700c ones as I got less than 500 miles out of my rear before I had to bin because it was cut to shreds. More than a handful of punctures in that time too.

Funny you should say that. Absolutely fine on the mtb but when I tried the 700 size on the road bike I had several punctures and a sidewall blowout.

On my commuter road bike I currently use 700 x 25 schwalbe marathon + which have been bomb proof to date and on the fast bike I use 700 x 23 michelin krillon carbon's.

 

[DaveP]

MrFace...

Have a pair of these on my son's bike and they seem to do the biz!

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Continental_Town_And_Country_Semi_Slick_Tyre/5300002816/

Good Luck...

 

[mrfacetious]

NO! Check out Sheldon Brown. http://sheldonbrown.com/tires.html He explained it all.

thanks for the link joe,

[26 x 1.00 through 2.3 | 559 mm | Most Mountain bikes, cruisers, etc.]

He seems to say that 26xanything is applicable..
did i miss something?

 

[fossyant]

Sounds about right - 1.2 is about as narrow as you'll get !

 

[mrfacetious]

thanks fossy.. sure i wouldn't manage a 1"? those Specialized All Condition Pros are awful tempting..