If you ride a MTB on the road

Put slick tyres on it
The difference is astounding, 5 mins off my best time for 9 miles
Not bad for a total spend of £23.38 (City Jets from the Wiggle Fairy)
Will be going clipless when a bigger size arrives in the DHB M1 shoe, might pick up a couple of minutes there as well
The difference is astounding, 5 mins off my best time for 9 miles
Not bad for a total spend of £23.38 (City Jets from the Wiggle Fairy)
Will be going clipless when a bigger size arrives in the DHB M1 shoe, might pick up a couple of minutes there as well
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Alternatively you could buy a CX bike..... come to the dark side..... :twisted:
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
Kieran_Burns you should be on commission
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was the +1 for the wet blubbery fart or CX comment?
just call me Anakin in either case 8)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
Actually Fatboys are even faster than City Jets and very, very tough to boot, I've ridden them down to the canvas without flatting. IMHO they're as fast as some of those super skinny road bike style tyres for MTBs, but a whole lot tougher.
They are, however, kind of hard to get hold of these days. I got City Jets for my hack because I couldn't get Fatboys, they're OK but a bit draggy compared with Fatboys.
I accept that maybe I'm weird in this respect. After all I love the sound of a two stroke engine being tortured. Most of my neighbours complain about the sound from out local motorcross track, but if I can't get over to watch on race days I will make sure I'm outside so I can hear the engines.
Don't do it, they're all perverts
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The gearing will make be set too low for top road speeds so think about swapping your little chain rings for a larger set, consider swapping your rear mech for a more "road" config
If you've got front suspension think about going stiff forks to cut down on energy being wasted pogoing.
If you get stiff font forks you might find the geometry a bit tall.
Think about swapping the frame for something that will let you stretch your trunk out somewhat to cut down your wind profile and also be much lighter, you may find that the flat bars are too restrictive - perhaps swap them for drops.
Get rid of the clunky finger and thumb index shifters and go for a set of brake lever operated ones.
I reckon by the time you've done all of the above your MTB will be road ready.
What would Thora Hurd do?
+1 for the OP. I fitted slicks and rigid forks to my MTB, made a world of a difference. Added 2mph easily I think.
You know what the sound of off road tyres on tarmac remind me of? The 4 ton armoured landrovers the PSNI use.
Well that may have been said once or twice before.......
There is a tipping point after which your tinkering with your MTB set up to get it running on the road is reached and you should just bite the bullet and decide what you want your bike to do if it's speed then you are, like Maverick in that Seminal film "Top Gun", are a hot blooded fighter jock and
You get yourself a roadbike and bang your hot tactics teacher (Kelly McGillis).
I'm not against tinkering mind - what a chap does in the privacy of his own shed is his own concern. Tinker away bretheren with your Frankenstein bikes - the best bike is the bike you ride - FACT.
What would Thora Hurd do?
I don't think I've ever encountered anyone who would have Dual control levers by choice.
My tyre of choice for commuting is (handily) also my summer/dry tyre choice, semi-slick and narrow Schwalbe Hurricanes, treaded only on the corners.
Why not just get a Road Bike then :?: :?: :?:
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If you think going to slicks is fast, get a road bike, speed with ease
Go for something expensive with lots of carbon, and leave your MTB on the terrain it's used to...you can't ride off road with slicks
Get two bikes, I've tried it, it's the future!
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get 3 bikes ive tryed it its the future. :P
Nah I only have a 1-2 mile commute. And i have a single speed road bike for my day to day rides. cost me £100 and a day sanding down and respraying an old frame. and i save my 456 for the fun rides .
456
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
Sing it, brother!
You can, and i have, ride off road with slicks...
Carbon 456
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Don't worry - we didn't all miss the joke. I got it, at least!
You CAN cut your toenails with your lawn mower - doesn't mean you should...
Where have the CX mafia come from anyway? I'm all for tribalism and all that but you guys need to get off the fence on this one...
Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on?
What would Thora Hurd do?
I've actually got 4 bikes :P
The phrase "Jack of all trades, master of none" seems to spring to mind, and I have no idea why.....hmmmm
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Dam..... ahhh well i always did need another bike give me 5 Min on wiggle and i will be back with 5 bikes..... and any one know of a good CX bike and a full sus going for a shade under my CC limit. :shock:
456
I find your lack of faith..... disturbing....
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
Wet [email protected] rolling noise FTW though. Combine that with the Hope hub and peds can hear me coming for miles around, gives them plenty of time to think about the best way to jump out in front of me :roll:
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It's horses for courses, ss steel road bike, slick tyres is much quicker on really smooth dusty off-road and gravel paths than a road bike, and you don't need the knobblies slowing you down.
Personally I think steel road bikes are the way to go rather than cx bikes per se...
Carbon 456
456 lefty
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They have to stick together in groups, stops them from getting beaten up by proper off roaders with fat tyres
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and if the roadies try chasing, we just hop onto a tiny bit of dirt track where their wheels turn into interesting pretzel shapes and their false teeth rattle out
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter