I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some advice/recommendations.
The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly slick.
Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.
So where could one obtain thinner tyres (almost road-like)? Wiggle for example do a pair of Schwalbe Marathons, but at 26 x 1.50 I would like them even thinner.
I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some advice/recommendations.
The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly slick.
Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.
So where could one obtain thinner tyres (almost road-like)? Wiggle for example do a pair of Schwalbe Marathons, but at 26 x 1.50 I would like them even thinner.
The rims are a set of Vuelta XRPs.
Schwalbe City jets are good, 1.5" wide and seem pretty fast, with little tread pattern. Hutchinson's gold slick can be had from wiggle, and it's an inch wide, though I'm not 100% sure how well that goes with standard (ie, fairly wide) MTB rims.
I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some advice/recommendations.
The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly slick.
Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.
So where could one obtain thinner tyres (almost road-like)? Wiggle for example do a pair of Schwalbe Marathons, but at 26 x 1.50 I would like them even thinner.
The rims are a set of Vuelta XRPs.
Schwalbe City jets are good, 1.5" wide and seem pretty fast, with little tread pattern. Hutchinson's gold slick can be had from wiggle, and it's an inch wide, though I'm not 100% sure how well that goes with standard (ie, fairly wide) MTB rims.
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I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some advice/recommendations.
The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly slick.
The thinnest you'll find are 26x1, Continental, Hutchinson and Specialised, at least, all do 1" tyres for 26" rims. Continental seem to get good reviews but I've found them a tad on the expensive side so I've not used them, I didn't like the Hutchinson 'Top slicks' - wore out too quickly and not exactly puncture resistant - I've found the Specialised Pro works well and I'm happy with it. The Fat Boy's quite good as well, at 1.25"
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I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some advice/recommendations.
The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly slick.
Panaracer pasela 26x1.25".
Ok, not strictly speaking slick (there's a sort of 'file' pattern on them) but they are decent road tyres. Panaracer typically come in narrower than they say, so should suit you.
Default ([email hidden]) wrote: : I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some : advice/recommendations. : The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly : slick.
I've been using Specialized Nimbus tyres (26x1.5"😉 on my mtb for a while now. They'll even stand up to some trail riding in dry conditions and seem fairly puncture proof. I got mine at the Edinburgh Co-op for a tenner each. Blair.
I am looking for a pair of tyres for my MTB (26" wheels) and need some advice/recommendations.
The tyres need to be as thin (low profile) possible and most certainly slick.
Martin Wilson a while or so back (in a September post) suggested a set of Impac tyres which are essentially slicks, but come in at 26 x 1.75. But these appear to be on the fat side to me.
Hutchinson Top Slick 25-559 Continental Grand Prix 25-559 Schwalbe Stelvio 28x559 Specialized FatBoy 32x559 Vredestein S-Lick 35-559
are all considerably smaller than the aforementioned and as near slick as makes no odds (totally slick in the case of the Top Slick and FatBoy). I've used all of them on the rear wheel of my Speedmachine (FatBoy on it at the moment) in the past three years and have S-Licks on my MTB at the moment. The Schwalbe has the lowest rolling resistance, though some have found the sidewalls to be a bit vulnerable (likewise with the Conti).
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BTW anybody know how well 1.0 tyres will fit on a MTB rim? Are the
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to made so as to compensate for a thicker rim?
I was referring to the Wiggle tyres in the MTB Road section.
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1.0 Continentals.
I seem to have missed the rest of this thread, so my apologies if this has all been suggested. For what it's worth, I would think most 1.0 inch-wide tyres would work on a mtb rim, as long as it wasn't one of those hulking big things for heavy duty downhill racing. Most rims these days seem to be fairly narrow anyway. The Specialized Fatboy has always been a 1.0 inch tyre as far as I can remember, and very popular, so presumably any tyre marked ISO559 is likely to work. I've not used a tyre quite that narrow, but on my commuting mtb I use 1.25 inch tyres on regular Mavic rims without a problem.
I seem to have missed the rest of this thread, so my apologies if this has all been suggested. For what it's worth, I would think most 1.0 inch-wide tyres would work on a mtb rim, as long as it wasn't one of those hulking big things for heavy duty downhill racing. Most rims these days seem to be fairly narrow anyway. The Specialized Fatboy has always been a 1.0 inch tyre as far as I can remember, and very popular, so presumably any tyre marked ISO559 is likely to work. I've not used a tyre quite that narrow, but on my commuting mtb I use 1.25 inch tyres on regular Mavic rims without a problem.
Becky
OK thanks, I'll get the rims first and "see" how wide they are and report back - I don't imagine they should be overly wide.
BTW the Specialized Fatboys are listed here as 1.25 not 1.0:
I didn't know I had to be specific. "Regular" in the context of ISO559 sized rims implied all-round usage, as I'd already differentiated from specialised widths and sections such as those designed for downhill. For what it's worth: X138 on the front, X517 on the rear; neither of which is, or was, expensive or special.
