Road tyres for MTB

Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country roads,
not commuting). What are the best tyres for this?

Thanks.

DD5 wrote:

Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country roads,
not commuting). What are the best tyres for this?

Vredestein S-Licks are good road tyres. No punctures in 1,500 miles and
they're very grippy. They would be awful in mud but they're OK for fine
gravel.

"DD5" wrote

Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country
roads,
not commuting). What are the best tyres for this?

I started a thread about my experience of swapping knobblies for slicks
recently. You can find some people's varying recommendations for tyres in
there. Personally I found very little speed advantage in the ones I picked
if that's what you're after and after persevering for a few weeks plan to
swap them back so that I can dive off into the woods again when the mood
takes me of a morning without having to think about which tyres I want
before hand and faff about swapping them. I presume most road tyres would
have a better wear rate though.

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Vredestein S-Licks are good road tyres. No punctures in 1,500 miles
and they're very grippy. They would be awful in mud but they're OK
for fine gravel.

I used to swear by S-Licks, until I bought a bike fitted with Schwalbe
Marathons.

Not much to choose between them in terms of rolling resistance or
puncture resistance. But the Marathons last twice as long and have a
nice reflective sidewall, which the S-Lick's don't have.

The big downside of the S-Licks is that they have been an extremely
tight fit on every rim that I've ever used them on. They're a pig to
get on and off when I *do* have to remove one to fix a puncture (which
I've had to do 3 times in the past week).

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Thanks for the info everyone. Very helpful. I'll check out the tyres you
mentioned. Maybe one day I'll get a duplicate set of wheels to make the swap
easier.
Thanks.

may i suggest the Continental Town & Country's: built for stability and
traction as well as value; smooth tread surface for a seamless,
asphalt-gripping ride; extremely high mileage and very high puncture
resistance; designed and molded to provide excellent grip under all
weather conditions. Problem solved!



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DD5 wrote:
Although I have a mountain bike, 70% of my riding is on road (country
roads, not commuting). What are the best tyres for this?

You don't say what the other 30% is but if S-Licks are ok then Schwalbe
City Jet 1.5's are also worthy of consideration.
See: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_d...dID=5300003751

~PB

On 8/12/03 1:59 pm, in article ,
"Pete Biggs" wrote:


You don't say what the other 30% is but if S-Licks are ok then Schwalbe
City Jet 1.5's are also worthy of consideration.
See: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_d...dID=5300003751

I've just put a brace of these ont eh MTB and am very happy with them so
far.

...d

David Martin wrote in
:

On 8/12/03 1:59 pm, in article
, "Pete Biggs"
wrote:


You don't say what the other 30% is but if S-Licks are ok then
Schwalbe City Jet 1.5's are also worthy of consideration.
See: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/v2_product_d...dID=5300003751

I've just put a brace of these ont eh MTB and am very happy with them
so far.

..d



Seconded - my MTB has these as of last March (use it 99% on-road). City
Jets are a lot of fun round the corners, smooth-running, don't seem
hugely puncture-prone, reasonably-priced. Do it.

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Chris Bardell
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