tyre choice

paul said:

Slowly getting back into mountain biking making the odd trip into work
and i am wondering what people recommend for best tyre for mostly
tarmac surfaces there is broken glass in places so i don't really
want to go for a total slick or should i?

Do you actually /mountain bike/ or simply ride a mountain bike on the
street? If both, then you'll probably want "semi-slicks" that have a bit of
bite for the trail. If pavement only, then you definitely want slicks (the
mtb-sized ones are pretty hardy, but you can also use special liners to
prevent flats if nec.).

Some people use two wheelsets for different types of riding -- one
w/knobbies and one w/slicks -- while others buy a second /bike/ (or
third...or fourth...)...

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Slowly getting back into mountain biking making the odd trip into work and
i am wondering what people recommend for best tyre for mostly tarmac
surfaces there is broken glass in places so i don't really want to go for
a total slick or should i?

Paul

look at the Continental "Traffic" tires, they work very well on streets with
lots of debris, also they have enough thread to ride some limited off-road.
Problem, they are very heavy, but by having a lot of rubber is what makes
them flat resistant.

paul said:

Slowly getting back into mountain biking making the odd trip into work
and i am wondering what people recommend for best tyre for mostly tarmac
surfaces there is broken glass in places so i don't really want to go
for a total slick or should i?

Slick would be great if you are only ever road riding, but I would
suspect that anything totally slick is going to have a hard time coping
with broken glass.
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Westie

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paul said:

Slowly getting back into mountain biking making the odd trip into work
and i am wondering what people recommend for best tyre for mostly tarmac
surfaces there is broken glass in places so i don't really want to go
for a total slick or should i?

Slick would be great if you are only ever road riding, but I would
suspect that anything totally slick is going to have a hard time coping
with broken glass.

I hadn't had much trouble with my Maxxis Zenith (sp?) tyres - couple of
flats in many commuting miles with plenty of broken glass chips ridden over,
and, they're about as slick as they come. Nice, fast rolling tyres, can take
fairly high pressures, good grip on wet road, slow wearing enough. Like ice
skates on dirt though, of course.

Shaun aRe

I imagine ice skates on dirt to be pretty grippy...
Steve.

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I imagine ice skates on dirt to be pretty grippy...
Steve.

ALRIGHT, You are Steven Baker AICMFP! ',;~P

Like ice skates on ice, those tyres are on dirt - better?

Shaun aRe

Not really, No. Ice skates are meant to be ridden on ice. Its in the
name ffs! they glide effortlessly and yet still allow you to carve a
turn when you need to. In fact, it would be bloody amazing if they
could produce a tyre that had those characteristics! I'd buy a 100!
Steve.

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Not really, No. Ice skates are meant to be ridden on ice. Its in the
name ffs! they glide effortlessly and yet still allow you to carve a
turn when you need to.

Oh, so you can ice skate huh? 'DoOoD, let's like, go /ride/ our ice skates
some time huh?' 'How do you fancy a nice ice skate /ride/ this w/e?'
Heheheh...

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In fact, it would be bloody amazing if they
could produce a tyre that had those characteristics! I'd buy a 100!
Steve.

Yeah well yer a nut.

Shaun aRe

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Not really, No. Ice skates are meant to be ridden on ice. Its in the
name ffs! they glide effortlessly and yet still allow you to carve a
turn when you need to.

Oh, so you can ice skate huh? 'DoOoD, let's like, go /ride/ our ice skates
some time huh?' 'How do you fancy a nice ice skate /ride/ this w/e?'
Heheheh...

Lol! you might be right there Shaun, but then again if I did want to go
faffing about on a frozen pond, I'd sure as hell want something better
on my feet than a set of vans. Something made for the job, I don't know
maybe someones invented something like that, hey they have - frickin'
ice skates! so if you say a tyre handles like a set of ice skates on
ice - feckin ay! put me down for some of them bad boys!

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In fact, it would be bloody amazing if they
could produce a tyre that had those characteristics! I'd buy a 100!
Steve.

Yeah well yer a nut.

Now you're just trying to change the subject

Steve.

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Not really, No. Ice skates are meant to be ridden on ice. Its in the
name ffs! they glide effortlessly and yet still allow you to carve a
turn when you need to.

Oh, so you can ice skate huh? 'DoOoD, let's like, go /ride/ our ice

skates

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some time huh?' 'How do you fancy a nice ice skate /ride/ this w/e?'
Heheheh...

Lol! you be right there Shaun,

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Oh, I know.

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but then again if I did want to go
faffing about on a frozen pond, I'd sure as hell want something better
on my feet than a set of vans. Something made for the job, I don't know
maybe someones invented something like that, hey they have

Yes, ice shoes.

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- frickin'
ice skates! so if you say a tyre handles like a set of ice skates on
ice - feckin ay! put me down for some of them bad boys!

Hey, you'd be on yer [censored] in seconds = I'm right (again again again).

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In fact, it would be bloody amazing if they
could produce a tyre that had those characteristics! I'd buy a 100!
Steve.

Yeah well yer a nut.

Now you're just trying to change the subject

Of course a nut would say that.

Shaun aRe

I'd go for the Continental Town and Country. Pretty much indestructible
in my experience.

paul said:

Slowly getting back into mountain biking making the odd trip into work
and i am wondering what people recommend for best tyre for mostly tarmac
surfaces there is broken glass in places so i don't really want to go
for a total slick or should i?

Paul

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years fighting a raging dependence on alcohol.)

Brent Dunstan said:

I'd go for the Continental Town and Country. Pretty much indestructible
in my experience.

paul said:

Slowly getting back into mountain biking making the odd trip into work
and i am wondering what people recommend for best tyre for mostly tarmac
surfaces there is broken glass in places so i don't really want to go
for a total slick or should i?

I've switched over to the Panaracer T-Serv. I had been running the
32mm version on my 'cross bike, and got some 1.75" T-Servs for my MTB
"commuter wheels". I couldn't be happier with them. They're
(reasonably) light, grippy, comfortable, and do a lot better job of
getting me through a couple loose sandy sections than the "true
slicks" I had before. The T-Servs have proven to be almost immune to
thorns and glass - I went from having 2-3 flats a week to one every
few months (and that's in Arizona where the thorns are everywhere). I
haven't yet had a single flat on the 1.75's, though I've only had 'em
on 3-4 months.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame