Tyre Advice - NOOB

Tavish85

I am fairly new to the whole MTB scene & I'm looking at using my bike (RockRider 8.1) for my daily commute to work.

Would I be better off getting slicks as it's mainly road riding. If so which ones are worth buying??

JodyP

This might be of help. If your not taking it off road then slicks/semi slicks would be a good choice.

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Tavish85

Thanks for the link which has been helpful. However I'm now confused about if I should get slicks or semi slicks :?

JodyP

Tavish85 wrote:

Thanks for the link which has been helpful. However I'm now confused about if I should get slicks or semi slicks :?

Depends what you are going to use your bike for. If its road riding then get some slicks.

How much time will it spend on the road and what kind of off road riding do you do?

The Rookie

Slicks or semi-slick is rather semantic, few tyres are truly slick (no tread at all) but you don't need anything with knobbly side tread for just Tarmac.

Lots of choices out there for road tyres for a 26" wheels, Schwalbe city-jet are an excellent budget end tyre, or Decathlon do an even lighter 1.2" slick, above that you need to spend about £25 for a better tyre, or look for some cheap used, I got a friend some Conti Sport Contact off eBay for about £8 the pair.

Tavish85

The Rookie wrote:

Slicks or semi-slick is rather semantic, few tyres are truly slick (no tread at all) but you don't need anything with knobbly side tread for just Tarmac.

Lots of choices out there for road tyres for a 26" wheels, Schwalbe city-jet are an excellent budget end tyre, or Decathlon do an even lighter 1.2" slick, above that you need to spend about £25 for a better tyre, or look for some cheap used, I got a friend some Conti Sport Contact off eBay for about £8 the pair.

Thanks for the advice. I have decided to go with the Schwalbe city-jet but will keep an eye out on eBay for the Conti Sport Contact as well.