wessel Posted May 5, 2008 Share What is the difference between let's say a 1.9 and a 2.1 tyre (MTB) and the practicallities of using it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neelsf Posted May 5, 2008 Share more rolling resistance on wider tire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessel Posted May 5, 2008 Share in other words? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neelsf Posted May 5, 2008 Share a 2.0 tire is bit wider but not as much rolling resistance as a 2.1 or 2.3 But wider tires have better cornering abbilities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted May 5, 2008 Share The wider a tyre the more surface it's got to grip (at the correct pressure) which can also be argued as more rolling resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted May 5, 2008 Share Really ? Maybe if you use your bike on the tar . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessel Posted May 5, 2008 Share So for Off-road racing the thicker has more handling capabilities while wasting more energy So which is better?wessel2008-05-05 06:56:45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted May 5, 2008 Share Oh btw, it is width, not thickness. Thickness is how much rubber there is on the casing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neelsf Posted May 5, 2008 Share a faster tire like Larsen mimo or Schwable Furios Fred or Hutchinson python Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessel Posted May 5, 2008 Share Ok my mistake, but still which is more preferred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neelsf Posted May 5, 2008 Share On a dry road with sand and lots of hardpack try the hutchinson python...and in mud bontrager mud x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted May 5, 2008 Share Unless you are doing the crater cruise or Karoo2coast you will not feel the so called rolling resistance on the bigger 2.3 tyres . But it depends on the conditions and a wider tyre may not always give you better cornering/grip/control or wahtever else . When it is very muddy I like to think the 1.9 gives better performance than a thicker tyre . Here the whole issue of clearance for mud also comes into play . That is why the 2.1 is such a popular size , it is generaly good in most conditions . If you are going to do the lighthouse2lighthouse I will go for as thick a tyre as I can squize into my frame and so we can take each race and assign a tyre to it !! But who the hell of us insponsored riders can afford that anyway ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neelsf Posted May 5, 2008 Share ya for mud we race bontrager mud x 1.7 at the xc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessel Posted May 5, 2008 Share How does standard tires that come with a bike normally compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neelsf Posted May 5, 2008 Share No name brand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessel Posted May 5, 2008 Share Marida race 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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