Bad tyres for road riding
Taffytim
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Ive just swapped from my skinny tyres back to the stock tyres from Decathlon on my Rockrider 5.1.
Before i took them off I had a couple of falls when cornering on tarmac and ive almost slipped out a couple of times since they've gone back on.
When off road they are fine and grippy so i'm trying to work out if i should bear with them or replace for something more suited to my 1.5 mile commute each day?
Has anyone else experienced this?
Before i took them off I had a couple of falls when cornering on tarmac and ive almost slipped out a couple of times since they've gone back on.
When off road they are fine and grippy so i'm trying to work out if i should bear with them or replace for something more suited to my 1.5 mile commute each day?
Has anyone else experienced this?
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On road grip is all about contact area, a road tyre gives you a lot more, cheap tyres are also a very hard 'rubber' off road grip is half due to the rubber and half due to the shape.
Get a decent on road tyre for that use, the Schwalbe City Jet is a great value for money option at just over £10 each....Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0 -
Are you using your Rockrider regularly off road as well as daily on road?Planet X Kaffenback 2
Giant Trance X2
Genesis High Latitude 2x10
Planet X n2a
Genesis Core 200 -
And dont touch the brakes in a cornerCloset jockey wheel pimp whore.0
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Taffytim wrote:Ive just swapped from my skinny tyres back to the stock tyres from Decathlon on my Rockrider 5.1.
Before i took them off I had a couple of falls when cornering on tarmac and ive almost slipped out a couple of times since they've gone back on.
When off road they are fine and grippy so i'm trying to work out if i should bear with them or replace for something more suited to my 1.5 mile commute each day?
Has anyone else experienced this?Planet X Kaffenback 2
Giant Trance X2
Genesis High Latitude 2x10
Planet X n2a
Genesis Core 200 -
Or just decent tyres.
Or you are trying to go too fast.I don't do smileys.
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