Narrow Tires(but grippy in mud)??

Dilker
Dilker Posts: 88
edited August 2009 in MTB buying advice
I'm looking for some ideas on a grippy tire but narrow.

I'm moving to Lincolnshire and in the absence of real hills I'm gonna race some Cyclocross this autumn/winter(on my mtb)

I've managed to locate a few the Continental Cross Country 1.5 being the narrowest. Does anyone else know of any around the same width maybe less.
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Comments

  • RealMan
    RealMan Posts: 2,166
    I think if you went any narrower and kept mtb rims, you'd end up with flat spots on the rim whenever you hit a bump, as the tyre wouldn't have enough volume.
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    Schwalbe Black Shark Mud 26" comes in a 1.5 at 395g not particularly cheap tho:

    http://www.pedalon.co.uk/acatalog/black_shark_mud.html
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    And since when do you spell tyre tire ffs. :shock: :lol:

    Tire in this country is :

    tire1 verb (tired, tiring) 1 tr & intr to make or become physically or mentally weary and in need of rest. 2 (tire of something or someone) to lose patience with it or them; to have had enough of it or them; to become bored with it or them. tiring adj.

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