Tyres for my wife's bike
nbuuifx
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My wife has a women's specialized rockhopper which she has had for quite a few years. It is only used when we do family bike rides.
On our ride yesterday, she was complaining that she was finding it hard to keep up (the kids are getting faster than her now, where as they have always been the limiting factor before). The ride was fairly flat, we did about 30km.
We ended up swapping bikes around to see if it was the bike, I found a slight drag on the front disc every rotation, so the disc is perhaps warped which I'll take as look at, and the tyres certainly seem to make it harder work than they need to. They have Specialized tyres on which may well be the originals, and they are quite big chunky of road tyres.
She only ever rides on the road or on paths like canal tow paths so the chunky tyres are unnecessary.
I was just looking on planet X and they have some commuter type tyres for £8 a piece which look like they might work.
The wheels are 26".
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVITATGW/vittoria-adventure-tech-g-wired-tyre
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIRANDTECH/vittoria-randonneur-tech-g-rigid-tyre
Would either of those be better? Would they both fit OK?
On our ride yesterday, she was complaining that she was finding it hard to keep up (the kids are getting faster than her now, where as they have always been the limiting factor before). The ride was fairly flat, we did about 30km.
We ended up swapping bikes around to see if it was the bike, I found a slight drag on the front disc every rotation, so the disc is perhaps warped which I'll take as look at, and the tyres certainly seem to make it harder work than they need to. They have Specialized tyres on which may well be the originals, and they are quite big chunky of road tyres.
She only ever rides on the road or on paths like canal tow paths so the chunky tyres are unnecessary.
I was just looking on planet X and they have some commuter type tyres for £8 a piece which look like they might work.
The wheels are 26".
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVITATGW/vittoria-adventure-tech-g-wired-tyre
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYVIRANDTECH/vittoria-randonneur-tech-g-rigid-tyre
Would either of those be better? Would they both fit OK?
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The top one is a 47mm, and the bottom one is a 40mm wide tyre ( ( 1.85 inch and 1.58 inch ) How wide are the rims on your wife’s bike? Or what are the existing tyres marked as ( it’ll be marked on the side walls ).0
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I used to use 1.25 Specialised Fat Boys - fastest tyre for an MTB I could find.
Really good on puncture rrsistance as well..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Might not be the cheapest source, even with 10% British Cycling discount, but...
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-parts/bike-tyres/schwalbe-kojak-wired-bike-tyre-26in-583031.html used to be well regarded for realtively fast tarmac rides in hybrids/MTBs.
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-parts/bike-tyres/schwalbe-smart-sam-folding-bike-tyre-26in-487495.html and Schwalbe Landcruisers used to be decent on tarmac and no-gnarr offroad.
https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-parts/bike-tyres/schwalbe-big-apple-reflex-bike-tyre-26in-583130.html are nice for adding comfort on tarmac and light offroad, if the frame and fork can take them, as these 2.35" "balloon" tyres were designed to be ridden at ~30PSI and still not be too draggy.
Never ridden those two Vittoria models.================
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The current tyres are: Specialized Dual Compound Fast Trak 26x2.0Ncovidius said:The top one is a 47mm, and the bottom one is a 40mm wide tyre ( ( 1.85 inch and 1.58 inch ) How wide are the rims on your wife’s bike? Or what are the existing tyres marked as ( it’ll be marked on the side walls ).
The rims are Mavic 117
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Would that be worth the extra? Is it ok for use on cycle paths and canal paths? It looks like it might slip on wet leaves etc?MattFalle said:0 -
perfect for everything - i used to use them commuting all year round on gravel tracks, cobbly cycle tracks and tarmac and never had any issues at all even when zoooooming as fast as possible
won't slip or slide - all is fine. its just a fat version of a slick road bike tyre..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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From your choices, the top one is the one I’d go for personally ( the 26” versions obviously).nbuuifx said:
The current tyres are: Specialized Dual Compound Fast Trak 26x2.0Ncovidius said:The top one is a 47mm, and the bottom one is a 40mm wide tyre ( ( 1.85 inch and 1.58 inch ) How wide are the rims on your wife’s bike? Or what are the existing tyres marked as ( it’ll be marked on the side walls ).
The rims are Mavic 117
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why?Ncovidius said:
From your choices, the top one is the one I’d go for personally.nbuuifx said:
The current tyres are: Specialized Dual Compound Fast Trak 26x2.0Ncovidius said:The top one is a 47mm, and the bottom one is a 40mm wide tyre ( ( 1.85 inch and 1.58 inch ) How wide are the rims on your wife’s bike? Or what are the existing tyres marked as ( it’ll be marked on the side walls ).
The rims are Mavic 117
they weigh twice as much as the Fat Boys (790 vs 309 according to Google searches) and they're the wrong size - he wants 26"
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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The Randonneurs are 508 (px figure on the link) so again, 200g more
if he wants to slow his wife down then yeah, crack on..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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I believe the ones in his link he was looking at were not 26”, but 26” were actually available. ( from his link , 47mm - 26" (47-559) so obviously go for the 26” versions. I’d use those particular ones because they are a fair bit cheaper, and closer to the existing width on his wife’s bike, so would be running at pressures she’d be using at present, so they wouldn’t be too different in terms of handling and feel.MattFalle said:
why?Ncovidius said:
From your choices, the top one is the one I’d go for personally.nbuuifx said:
The current tyres are: Specialized Dual Compound Fast Trak 26x2.0Ncovidius said:The top one is a 47mm, and the bottom one is a 40mm wide tyre ( ( 1.85 inch and 1.58 inch ) How wide are the rims on your wife’s bike? Or what are the existing tyres marked as ( it’ll be marked on the side walls ).
The rims are Mavic 117
they weigh twice as much as the Fat Boys (790 vs 309 according to Google searches) and they're the wrong size - he wants 26"
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The weight is probably due to / because of the shielding, which should make them pretty much bomb proof. To be fair they seem to be aimed more at pedalecs, I don’t know whether a heavier, but more bomb proof, and less expensive tyre is what she needs, or not. For 8 quid, rather than 30 quid, I’d probably put up with the weight. The lack of spuds on them would probably negate the extra weight in terms of speed and ‘drag’ anyway. The fat boys you linked to do look pretty good for less than 12 quid though, I’ll give you that.MattFalle said:The Randonneurs are 508 (px figure on the link) so again, 200g more
if he wants to slow his wife down then yeah, crack on.
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she's riding a MTB with her kids. Pressures and width ain't gonna make an iota of difference.Ncovidius said:
I believe the ones in his link he was looking at were not 26”, but 26” were actually available. ( from his link , 47mm - 26" (47-559) so obviously go for the 26” versions. I’d use those particular ones because they are a fair bit cheaper, and closer to the existing width on his wife’s bike, so would be running at pressures she’d be using at present, so they wouldn’t be too different in terms of handling and feel.MattFalle said:
why?Ncovidius said:
From your choices, the top one is the one I’d go for personally.nbuuifx said:
The current tyres are: Specialized Dual Compound Fast Trak 26x2.0Ncovidius said:The top one is a 47mm, and the bottom one is a 40mm wide tyre ( ( 1.85 inch and 1.58 inch ) How wide are the rims on your wife’s bike? Or what are the existing tyres marked as ( it’ll be marked on the side walls ).
The rims are Mavic 117
they weigh twice as much as the Fat Boys (790 vs 309 according to Google searches) and they're the wrong size - he wants 26"
Fat Boys have puncture protection, are light, fast, look cool and have a funky name. its all about minimal effort for maximum hacking around.
Fat boy all the way and mug off that £7.99 tat.
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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I'd recommend schwalbe hurricanes if the slicks are a little too slick.0
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you can never be too slick or smooth. or ally.
slick = speed.
speed = good.
ally saves lives
what more can anyone want?
go for the Fat Boys but don't come running to us when she burns you off..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Hurricane? this thing?
https://www.schwalbe.com/en/mtb-reader/hurricane
what you on about Willis?
Don't you want her to have fun and attract younger, fitter, more glamorous men with more hair and better jobs, cars, houses, career prospects, more money and a far more exhaustive and exciting array of night time activities?
Fat Boy.
End of..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Wow you really like fat boys 🤣MattFalle said:Hurricane? this thing?
https://www.schwalbe.com/en/mtb-reader/hurricane
what you on about Willis?
Don't you want her to have fun and attract younger, fitter, more glamorous men with more hair and better jobs, cars, houses, career prospects, more money and a far more exhaustive and exciting array of night time activities?
Fat Boy.
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Not as much as Lozza Fox likes hard men.....
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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