Cross-type tire for MTB

[Robert Schultz]

Does anyone know of a narrow (1.25-1.5") MTB tire with crossbike type
tread? Not semi-slick so much as fine-, close spaced knobs.

RS

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Robert Schultz:
>Does anyone know of a narrow (1.25-1.5") MTB tire with crossbike type
>tread? Not semi-slick so much as fine-, close spaced knobs.
>
>RS

Sidewall on mine says "Hutchison Tech Air Lite Comp".
--
PeteCresswell

[Robert Schultz]

(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per Robert Schultz:
>
>> Does anyone know of a narrow (1.25-1.5") MTB tire with crossbike type
>> tread? Not semi-slick so much as fine-, close spaced knobs.
>>
>> RS
>>
>
> Sidewall on mine says "Hutchison Tech Air Lite Comp".
>
How wide are they? Checked Hutchinson's web site (F#$%#ing flash crap)
and can't find anything similar. The narrowest tire I could find was 2".
Not that I could stand to spend much time on their website. Could not
find a tire called the 'Tech'

Thanks though.

RS

[Robert Schultz]

Booker C. Bense wrote:
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> In article >,
> Robert Schultz > wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of a narrow (1.25-1.5") MTB tire with crossbike type
>> tread? Not semi-slick so much as fine-, close spaced knobs.
>>
>>
>
> _ This doesn't exactly fit your description, but they work
> much better in the dirt than you would expect and are very
> nice on the road as well.
>
> http://www.avocet.com/tirepages/cross_2.html
>
> Avocets are a pain to find unless your local shop is willing
> to put up with their somewhat unique distribution scheme.
> You can always order them from Harris Cyclery if you can't
> get them locally.
>
>
> _ Booker C. Bense
Thanks. I had come across these (at Harris' site), but had thought they
might be a little too tame. I'll check them out.

RS

[Booker C. Bense]

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In article >,
Robert Schultz > wrote:
>
>
>Booker C. Bense wrote:
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>> In article >,
>> Robert Schultz > wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know of a narrow (1.25-1.5") MTB tire with crossbike type
>>> tread? Not semi-slick so much as fine-, close spaced knobs.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _ This doesn't exactly fit your description, but they work
>> much better in the dirt than you would expect and are very
>> nice on the road as well.
>>
>> http://www.avocet.com/tirepages/cross_2.html
>>
>> Avocets are a pain to find unless your local shop is willing
>> to put up with their somewhat unique distribution scheme.
>> You can always order them from Harris Cyclery if you can't
>> get them locally.
>>
>>
>> _ Booker C. Bense
>Thanks. I had come across these (at Harris' site), but had thought they
>might be a little too tame. I'll check them out.
>

_ They work quite well as long as the surface isn't loose enough
to fill up the gaps and turn it into a slick tire. If you want
something that works pretty close to a slick on the road, but
can deal with typical dry dirt road conditions or gravel bike
path these work well. If you need something for deep loose sand
or mud, then they can get quite squirrelly.

_ Booker C. Bense


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