cyclocross tyres for road bike

paddlepop

My daughter is a keen cyclist and has a 24inch Castello road bike which serves her very well for road races and triathlons.
However some of her races are a little offroad and instead of buying ANOTHER bike(she has 3) i wanted to see if i can change out her tyres for a cyclocross type.
Her current wheels are Alloy D/Wall rims.
I cant seem to find anything online except a Kendra 24 inch. Am worried about the clearance through the forks.
Her mountain bike is far too heavy so would like to keep her on her road bike if possible.

funkyjebus

paddlepop wrote: »

My daughter is a keen cyclist and has a 24inch Castello road bike which serves her very well for road races and triathlons.
However some of her races are a little offroad and instead of buying ANOTHER bike(she has 3) i wanted to see if i can change out her tyres for a cyclocross type.
Her current wheels are Alloy D/Wall rims.
I cant seem to find anything online except a Kendra 24 inch. Am worried about the clearance through the forks.
Her mountain bike is far too heavy so would like to keep her on her road bike if possible.

You will have issues with clearance under the front and rear brakes as well as the forks and chain stays. If there is any mud this will get even worse.

Cyclocross bikes use Cantilever brakes or disc brakes which allow for bigger tyres and mud.

Koobcam

I understand your point about not wanting to buy yet another bike. However, I think if you want to get something for cross, then at the very least, you are going to want a new frame and probably also a more sturdy set of wheels. I have racing and cross bikes and there's no way you'd get the tyres from the cross bike to fit on the racing bike. The best you would do on a racing bike is fit an extra-wide set of winter road tyres-maybe 25 or 28mm continental GP 4 seasons, or something like that, which might do the job for a gravel road, but I think cross tyres probably wouldn't work.

Germancarfan

n+1 just got bigger

Koobcam

Germancarfan wrote: »

n+1 just got bigger

3 bikes is way too few

paddlepop

i need a separate house just for all the bikes! seriously its getting ridiculous.
Ok so how about i just get a fatter tyre on the wheels-like you mentioned. Some of the courses are gravel roads and grass so nothing too mad. i thought it would give her a bit more stability.
thanks for the advice.:D

circular flexing

paddlepop wrote: »

i need a separate house just for all the bikes! seriously its getting ridiculous.
Ok so how about i just get a fatter tyre on the wheels-like you mentioned. Some of the courses are gravel roads and grass so nothing too mad. i thought it would give her a bit more stability.
thanks for the advice.:D

It depends on the clearance again. On some road bikes you may get as wide as 28mm but anything wider is generally out of the question.