Opinions Please!

trail jacker

Hi all,

Im doing an uphill road sprint race this saturday on my On-One. I was wondering if I should fit semi slicks that are wire bead (panaracer mach SS), or light folding knobbley tyres (Schwalbe Smart Sam's)...?

What will serve me better in the race, less weight or less rolling resistance?

Thanks!

supersonic

Less rolling resistance. Weight is only an issue when accellerating really.

ashleymp777

Ha, that's four words that should never form part of the same sentence!

Uphill - too much effort
Road - too much effort
Sprint - too much effort
Race - too much effort

Should be:

Downhill
MTB
snails pace
beer

meesterbond

Agreed.

I enjoy the odd Time Trial and they're painful enough, but hill climbs must take a special kind of masochist.

Semi-slicks btw.

MountainMonster

Why you would do that, I don't know, but have "fun".

Semi Slicks for sure though, knobbies will be even slower.

amclinden

Sorry, your doing a road hill climb on an mtb?!
Rather me than you mate.

getonyourbike

amclinden wrote:

Sorry, your doing a road hill climb on an mtb?!
Rather me than you mate.

I think you said that wrong

pilsburypie

wrong wrong all wrong. 2.5 supertacky High Rollers front and back. Gives massive grip to help you accelerate faster.

Good luck