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Narrow tyres on a mtb wheels..

mloc123 · 2007-04-02 16:08:11

I'm looking to get a set of road tyres for covering long enough distances on my hardtail bike, are 1.1" tyre the most narrow ones that will fit 26" mtb wheels? Looking at these maybe.. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=14593

02-04-2007 4:08pm

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I'm looking to get a set of road tyres for covering long enough distances on my hardtail bike, are 1.1" tyre the most narrow ones that will fit 26" mtb wheels? Looking at these maybe..

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=14593

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#2 02-04-2007 4:23pm

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I asked in cycleogical before and they told me that 1.25 was the smallest that could fit on a mtb rim, but i think someone on here posted before that they had 1.0's on a mtb. I'd say 1.1 would be plenty skinny though.

EDIT: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055055646&referrerid=&highlight=1.1+mtb+tyre

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#3 02-04-2007 4:58pm

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mloc123 wrote:

I'm looking to get a set of road tyres for covering long enough distances on my hardtail bike, are 1.1" tyre the most narrow ones that will fit 26" mtb wheels?

I''ve found Sheldon Brown's tyre sizing web page to be good to see what you can reasonably fit on rims:

http://sheldonbrown.com/tyre-sizing.html

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#4 02-04-2007 10:18pm

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Well.. after reading that I went and pumped my current 1.5" tyres to the recomended psi and it has improved my speed alot so I might hold out a while.

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#5 03-04-2007 2:03pm

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I recently did this, I took the 2.0" muds @ 45 psi off my hardtail (Trek 3700, stock rims) and put a set of Continental Sport 1.25" @ 65psi on it, and it's made the world of difference to my commuting. I'd say 20-30% faster, I did 410km on them this weekend, and no trouble at all on them.

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#6 03-04-2007 2:17pm

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I have the 1.5" ones @ 45psi now, the maximum limit on them is marked at 40psi but from what I have read that is more of a guideline to cover the manufacturer.

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#7 03-04-2007 7:17pm

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mloc123 wrote:

I have the 1.5" ones @ 45psi now, the maximum limit on them is marked at 40psi but from what I have read that is more of a guideline to cover the manufacturer.

Maybe.... I blew up one of my road tyres by inflating it to 120psi, 20% higher than recommended.

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#8 03-04-2007 7:52pm

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Did it just blow out after a while?

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