Roadie tires for MB

"mikeg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Would smoother tires for my Raleigh M-80 make it noticeably easier
to haul my considerable bulk around the city streets? I bike for
a workout, and look for hills to include in my ride. But I'm
wondering if smoother tires would make for a more enjoyable ride
or more efficient pedaling.
Tires that came with the bike are called Velociraptors and are
quite knobby.

Thx

Mike

I love my Conty Avenue slicks.

Never mind, I see the "fast city" thread below.

"mikeg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Would smoother tires for my Raleigh M-80 make it noticeably

easier

Quoted message said:

to haul my considerable bulk around the city streets? I bike

for

Quoted message said:

a workout, and look for hills to include in my ride. But I'm
wondering if smoother tires would make for a more enjoyable ride
or more efficient pedaling.
Tires that came with the bike are called Velociraptors and are
quite knobby.

Thx

Mike

"mikeg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Would smoother tires for my Raleigh M-80 make it noticeably easier
to haul my considerable bulk around the city streets? I bike for
a workout, and look for hills to include in my ride. But I'm
wondering if smoother tires would make for a more enjoyable ride
or more efficient pedaling.
Tires that came with the bike are called Velociraptors and are
quite knobby.

Thx

Mike

If you're going for a workout, why get tires that will make it easier? 🙂

Jon Bond
same thing as getting [censored] when you keep going around in circles on a
training ride!

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"mikeg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Would smoother tires for my Raleigh M-80 make it noticeably

easier

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to haul my considerable bulk around the city streets? I bike

for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

a workout, and look for hills to include in my ride. But I'm
wondering if smoother tires would make for a more enjoyable

ride

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

or more efficient pedaling.
Tires that came with the bike are called Velociraptors and are
quite knobby.

Thx

Mike

If you're going for a workout, why get tires that will make it

easier? 🙂

We have steeper hills :-)

mikeg says:

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If you're going for a workout, why get tires that will make it

easier? 🙂

We have steeper hills :-)

What? The hills get steeper if you put slicks on? Amazing!

;-)

Steve

"mikeg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Would smoother tires for my Raleigh M-80 make it noticeably easier
to haul my considerable bulk around the city streets? I bike for
a workout, and look for hills to include in my ride. But I'm
wondering if smoother tires would make for a more enjoyable ride
or more efficient pedaling.
Tires that came with the bike are called Velociraptors and are
quite knobby.

Sure as hell would help. I use some Maxxis ones, the model name of which I
have temporarily forgotted, sorry! Totally tread-less, very fast rolling,
max 80 psi.

Shaun aRe

mikeg said:

Never mind, I see the "fast city" thread below.

Lots of good info there. One point that I'm not sure was brought up was
road stability with knobbies. I ride a lot of big hills as well, and the
climb to my nearest trailhead is a 3-mile (road) uphill. I noticed on the
way back down (fast curvy road) that the knobbies would get really
squirrly on turns, and I could feel them washing out. The last thing I
want to do is crash at 35 mph on a road! Depending on how fast your hills
are, tires could be a SAFETY issue more than an efficiency issue.

Its all fireroad up there, so I really don't need big knobbies. I switched
the tires on my old bike to Michelin Rock
(http://cycleus.webmichelin.com/tires/rock.htm), and since I got the tires
on a "buy 3" special, I put the third one on a spare front rim for my new
bike. Just having a more roadworthy tire on the front helps, but having
one on both wheels works best. Of course, these will suck on any trails
that are steep, loose or technical (except maybe slickrock).

Michelin Rock tires are getting increasingly hard to find, but several
semi-road models have come out lately from various companies.

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Would smoother tires for my Raleigh M-80 make it noticeably easier
to haul my considerable bulk around the city streets?

When I compare same ride/same bike with fat tires @35 psi with 1.25" slicks at
90 psi, I get about 20% diff in effort - as indicated by the top speed I can
maintain.

Subjective, I know...but there's no doubt in my mind of the diff.

OTOH, on the rare occasions that I run the slicks, I've take to using my FS just
because my tender butt just isn't used to the abuse the slicks deliver on an HT.
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PeteCresswell