best semi slicks

stronginthesun

any ideas on what are the best semi slicks for winter road use with the occasional trail firetrack use ?

njee20

Best by what metric? Lightest and fastest are the Maxxis Maxxlite 285, but they're expensive and wear quickly.

Something like the Schwalbe Land Cruiser is the opposite.

mudslinger

I have Schwalbe Land Cruiser on my old rigid Marin that I sometimes commute on. I recommend them as they roll well on the road & can handle a bit of light off-road. Most importantly they are very cheap!

TownyDC

I have Land Cruiser on my Paragon hardtail, as said, good for the price, roll nice, can't fault them.

zx6man

I use Sch land cruiser also.

EdW

I've just fitted some Schwalbe Silento 26x1.75, £15 each from CRC, they're fairly light & roll well on the road. Can't comment on durability & haven't tried any off road cornering on them yet.

gareth84

Not sure if they count as semi-slicks, but schwalbe marathon supremes are excellent. 1000+ commuting miles so far and not one puncture, and they are reasonably lightweight.

cborrman

stronginthesun wrote:

any ideas on what are the best semi slicks for winter road use with the occasional trail firetrack use ?

agree on metrics being important:

best price/performance, while still being usable off-road (and less rolling resistance than a good few full slicks): specialized renegade. fast-tracks are good as well but useless in wet

best ones I have used is schwalbe furious fred, but needs tubeless as punctures just looking at it and not cheap, needs full attention as it only grips when banking hard it takes quite a leap of faith to be sliding out on a corner and bank harder to grip!