MTB Road tyres

blenky

I'm after any suggestions for some new tyres for a Whyte 19 to be used mainly on road and light trail for a 16 mile commute to work when the weather improves??

biff55

semi slicks , smallish width , say 1.7 - 1.9
preferably with puncture protection within the tread.
loads on crc website for you to look at.
i use maxxis worm drive , they're very good although there are many other good brands available too.
hope that helps.

teulk

Ive got a pair of Continental Sport Contact 1.7 on my Boardman Team at the moment and i find them to be very good on the road. If the light trails are pretty solid and not very muddy then you should be fine there too. I think i paid about £32 for the pair which included the inner tubes too. My mate has a Boardman Pro and he has the same tyres but the smaller size of 1.3.

FODCADEMON

Dude u gotta decide what you wanna do-if the bike came with mtb tires get some roads if they came with road tires get some mtbs

biff55

FODCADEMON wrote:

Dude u gotta decide what you wanna do-if the bike came with mtb tires get some roads if they came with road tires get some mtbs

dude , that makes absolutely no sense :shock:

the guy has mtb bike with nobbly tyres.
he wants to commute across roads and light tracks.
we suggest alternative tyes.
simple.

bobpzero

other suggestion would be intense micro knobbys, they are 2.25. tho probably quite a bit expensive and wont accelerate as fast as thinner tyres.. even tho its supposed selling point is being a dirt jump tyre, it works quite well on road & hardpack forest trails.

Atz

I used halo twin-rails. Really good and offer a bit of grip on hard-pack earth

diy

Kenda short tracker or kenda Kommuter

deffler

continental town & country's?

imnotjohn

I'm using Michelin XC Hard Terrain. 2.00.

Found them to be excellent for road and light off road (hard packed). Nice comfy ride as well.