|   lightest road tires for MTB? nino...others??? | engleim
Aug 11, 2002 12:40 PM | | what are the lightest road tires for a mt bike and where can they be found?
Also the lightest tubes? |
| I use specialized Turbo/S Air 26x1.0's... | DeeEight
Aug 11, 2002 3:16 PM | | which are 200g each in the Umma-Gumma compound and were marketed primarily as racing wheelchair tires actually (as the inflated diameter is 24"), and 80g Specialized 26x1.0/1.15 presta valve tubes.
Here they are on my Ugly Bik Mk1... |
| I still chuckle every time... | SgtKarj
Aug 11, 2002 7:45 PM | | but I'm sure that your crazy purp MTB baby kicks some royal roadie @ss!!!
-SK |
| Your lightest road tire may be a knobby | LDF
Aug 11, 2002 7:50 PM | | Becareful, lots of full slick tires actually weight more than some knobbies. The reason being is they have to be thicker for extra protection from punctures, due to the fact that the entire tire is in contact with the ground. |
| Except... | shiggy©®
Aug 11, 2002 8:31 PM | | The Conti GP MTB and IRC Triathlon ATB are around 200g |
| re: lightest road tires for MTB? nino...others??? | nino
Aug 11, 2002 10:31 PM | | depends if you do road ONLY or want a bigger size to be able to ride some fireroads too...
road only allows you to go for "Triathlon"-size road tires: 650x20mm or 650x23mm
if you want some more "meat" to be able to go over fireroads then you`ll have to get the bigger 26x1" or 26x1.25" "MTB"-size.
Continental Grand Prix 26x1": 195g (actual width 25mm)
Specialized Turbo Por ATB 26x1": 215g (actual width 24mm)
Hutchinson TOP SLICK Air light 26x1": 245g
to mount those skinny tires your rim should be narrower than 23mm otherwise the rim will be larger than the tire itself... |
| I like those Turbos. | TNC
Aug 12, 2002 7:27 AM | | I converted a hardtail MTB into a semi-road bike for awhile, and I was really impressed with those Specialized tires. |
| Schwalbe stelvio | zschendi
Aug 12, 2002 12:31 PM | | I bought me a set of the Schwalbe Stelvios a few months ago. They are 2,5cm thick and weight about 220 gr. You can also order tubes that weight only 60gr each but I do not know if you can buy them in the U.S. |
| I have 2 Hutchinson Top Slick Air Lights both well below the... | AZ-X
Aug 12, 2002 1:55 PM | | claimed weight... Verified on different scales--just to try to avoid THAT controversey again... ;-) I think it is one of the few models that is still very much lighter than claimed from Hutchinson.
Here is my post about them from back in December: AZ X-Racer "For those interested in light slicks for road training..." 12/21/01 2:39pm
Hope you guys are all doing well and enjoying the last weeks of summer... I've been working like a dog on several projects and haven't checked in much recently. When September rolls around, I'll have more time to participate. Glad to see that you're keeping up to speed, Nino! |
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