Tire for a Pashley

klas said:

*I have a 26" Pashley since a couple of years back. I've learnt to
ride it, but not as well as I would like to.
Spring brings sun an enthusiasm. I've done some riding the last week
and I don't think that I've gotten any worse after a rather long
break.

I have the original tire that I got with the uni and I've read some
posts here on the forum suggesting that it isn't very good, so I
suppose i should change it. But what should I get instead? I will
mostly use the uni on asphalt and on some gravel roads.

I prefer if I can buy a tire in a LBS, what width and type of tire
should I look for?
*

If you're using it for roads and gravel tracks, Schwalbe Big Apple
26x2.3" is very fun to ride on this kind of terrain.

Alternatively, you could go all out and get a narrower road tyre for it,
something about 1.5" wide or so. This wouldn't be much good on the
gravel if it's bumpy though.

If you decide you want to use it for riding off road and Muni I can
recommend the gazz 26x2.6", but it's a rubbish tyre for roads, so
probably not what you want right now.

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I have a 2.3" Continental mountain bike tyre on my Pashley, and if it is
pumped up quite hard it is fine for a bit of road work, and really good
for gravel.

You could buy any tyre like that from your Local Bike Shop as well.

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my friend has a 26" pashley equipped with some 2.5 Nokian tire. It´s not
a Gazzaloddi, its something else, quite similar as the gaz in
threadpattern but not as good sidewalls.

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When I had my Pashely I liked the 2.1" 'Panaracer Fire XC Pro'
(http://www.panaracer.com/eng/products/mtb/xc.html#e) tire. It worked
well at the time (still nothing like riding a fat tire). But it's more
knobby than what you want for pavement. The good part is that it's a
well behaved tire.

I'd try a 2.1" or 2" XC tire with a tread similar to the 29er XC tires
that have a road friendly and unicycle friendly tread. So find out what
29er XC tires are unicycle friendly for pavement use and dirt road use
and then look for the 26" version of that tire. There's lots of options
in the 26" size for an XC tire with minimal tread designed for hardpack
trails.

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john_childs said:

*When I had my Pashely I liked the 2.1" 'Panaracer Fire XC Pro'
(http://www.panaracer.com/eng/products/mtb/xc.html#e) tire. It worked
well at the time (still nothing like riding a fat tire). But it's
more knobby than what you want for pavement. The good part is that
it's a well behaved tire.

I'd try a 2.1" or 2" XC tire with a tread similar to the 29er XC
tires that have a road friendly and unicycle friendly tread. So find
out what 29er XC tires are unicycle friendly for pavement use and dirt
road use and then look for the 26" version of that tire. There's lots
of options in the 26" size for an XC tire with minimal tread designed
for hardpack trails. *

The IRC Notos is an okay both things tyre, I commuted on it for ages.

Although I'd say that if you're wanting one tyre for both on and
offroad, the best compromise I've had is a big apple or similar. I've
still not found a good tyre that is road friendly and works on mud and
in the dry, the slick tyres are cool on trails.

By the way, if you buy a gazz for the offroad, don't buy a 26x2.3" one,
as Keg tried one and found it really bad for unicycling, the 26x2.6" one
was a real revelation to him.

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I have a pashley 26 and it ended up with a Specialised RollX for dirt
and gravel.

It is a bit too grippy for doing much riding on a sealed surface. It has
a fine tread but great grip on cambers and loose to hard tracks

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I'm not sure about the clearance on a pashley. I know when I had a 26"
wheel on mine a 2.4 tire looked pretty close to maxed out. I know you
cannot fit a 3.0.

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onewheeljoe said:

*I'm not sure about the clearance on a pashley. I know when I had a
26" wheel on mine a 2.4 tire looked pretty close to maxed out. I know
you cannot fit a 3.0. *

With a good wheel 😄 the Pashley frame will handle a Gazz 26x2.6 on a
Sun Doublewide. So there's lots of room.

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U-Turn said:

*With a good wheel 😄 the Pashley frame will handle a Gazz 26x2.6 on a
Sun Doublewide. So there's lots of room. *

Lots of room is relative. Fitting a Gazz 26x2.6 in the Pashely requires
that the wheel be true and that it stays true.

The Gazz also likes to pick up rocks and sticks in the lugs. The tight
clearance between the frame means that those rocks and sticks can get
wedged between the frame and the tire. That can stop the wheel leading
to an ejection of the rider from the unicycle. Not ideal.

I'd rather go with a slightly less wide tire in the Pashley. Or at
least go with a tire that has a less aggressive tread than the Gazz Jr.
that is not as likely to pick up small rocks and sticks.

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john_childs said:

*Lots of room is relative. Fitting a Gazz 26x2.6 in the Pashely
requires that the wheel be true and that it stays true.

The Gazz also likes to pick up rocks and sticks in the lugs. The
tight clearance between the frame means that those rocks and sticks
can get wedged between the frame and the tire. That can stop the
wheel leading to an ejection of the rider from the unicycle. Not
ideal.

I'd rather go with a slightly less wide tire in the Pashley. Or at
least go with a tire that has a less aggressive tread than the Gazz
Jr. that is not as likely to pick up small rocks and sticks. *

In practice, it works quite well. Perhaps once I had a stone stop the
wheel. I get a few "pings" as I ride. But I really like the
combination.

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U-Turn said:

*In practice, it works quite well. Perhaps once I had a stone stop
the wheel. I get a few "pings" as I ride. But I really like the
combination. *

John Drummond and a few other riders have reported problems with rocks
or sticks getting wedged between the frame and the tire causing the
wheel to lock up. It is rare though and the likelihood of it happening
would depend on the types of trails you ride.

I never tried a Gazz Jr. in my Pashley. I didn't have a suitable rim
for that wide of a tire. I was using a Sun Rhyno Lite rim at the time.
It was old school muni back when everyone was using XC tires and XC
rims. The Rhyno Lite is actually pretty wide for an XC rim but it's
still not wide enough for a DH tire. I tried a 2.3" Panaracer Fire DH
Pro tire in my Pashley but I had problems with the tire popping off the
rim when pecking up a hill. I had to abandon the idea of using a DH
tire and go back to the 2.1" Panaracer Fire XC Pro tire. My how things
have changed. It's hard to imagine using an XC rim and XC tire for muni
now except for XC racing style riding.

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These things really evolve! It took several wheel changes for me. I
finally went to the doublewide because of the same issue. I was losing
so much energy from the tire sliding around on side hops. I still have
a Suzue hub on it though. I'm not a rider of big things.

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klas said:

*I have a 26" Pashley since a couple of years back. I've learnt to
ride it, but not as well as I would like to.
Spring brings sun an enthusiasm. I've done some riding the last week
and I don't think that I've gotten any worse after a rather long
break.

I have the original tire that I got with the uni and I've read some
posts here on the forum suggesting that it isn't very good, so I
suppose i should change it. But what should I get instead? I will
mostly use the uni on asphalt and on some gravel roads.

I prefer if I can buy a tire in a LBS, what width and type of tire
should I look for?

Klas *

My favorite tire for a 26" uni on hard surface / light XC is the DMR
Moto R/T 26x2.2. It's not quite a slick, but the knobs are low and
dense, so it's very steerable on the street. I think it's more off-road
suitable than the Big Apple, although I haven't actually been on one of
those.

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U-Turn said:

*In practice, it works quite well. Perhaps once I had a stone stop
the wheel. I get a few "pings" as I ride. But I really like the
combination. *

It was fine for me for a couple of years too, even in wet very muddy
winter riding in the UK. I used it on the Salisbury Plains Challenge,
which is reputedly the muddiest race in the world when it doesn't freeze
(it didn't) and it gooed up a lot, but I had no more problems than
people with narrow tyres.

I didn't have to true my wheel any more than normal.

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