Tyres

[lostcarpark]

My mountain bike needs a new tyre, so I popped into the bike shop and asked for one.
"Slick or bumpy?" asked the man in the shop.
A rather odd question, I thought.

Apparently, the "bumpy" are the traditional mountain bike tyre, with big groves to give lots of grip off-road. However, "slick" tyres have more modest groves, causing less drag when riding on roads.

As the only time my bike goes "off road" is when I ride it across the lawn to put it in the shed, I decided to try the slicks.

If it works out well, I might go back for another one for the front.

Comments

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

Or unless your bike comes fitted with them and you can't be bothered to shell out the dosh to upgrade them until they wear out. That's why I've got bumpy tyres.

[66steve.livejournal.com]

problem with that approach is you could well be under a car long before they wear out. At 30 quid a pair it's not *that* much of an investment is it?

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

Well I barely ride the roads and the roads I do are quiet. I'm mostly on a cycle/pedestrian path so I'd only be going under another cyclist or someone walking their dog. I might consider it more if I were on the roads a lot.

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

I've been riding mountain bikes for years with chunky tyres in all weather and never had any problems (yet). I have occasionally done a little off-roading, but that was quite some time ago.

Hope you don't cream someone's dog!

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say that yesterday, given lproven's post later that evening!

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

Saw this message days ago, but the email notification only arrived now. Very odd.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

I got one of those this morning - it seems LJ is catching up with all the notifications it forgot to send out. It's like Jack Dee's video recorder with an attitude: "Oh yeah, programme you wanted to see was on. I forgot to record it. It was rubbish anyway."