Thickness of tyre (MTB)

[wessel]

What is the difference between let's say a 1.9 and a 2.1 tyre (MTB) and the practicallities of using it?

[neelsf]

more rolling resistance on wider tire

 

 

[wessel]

in other words?

[neelsf]

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

 

[AndreZA]

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.

 

 

[dirtrider]

Really ? Maybe if you use your bike on the tar .

[wessel]

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

[AndreZA]

Oh btw, it is width, not thickness. Thickness is how much rubber there is on the casing.

 

 

[neelsf]

a faster tire like Larsen mimo or

 Schwable Furios Fred or Hutchinson python

[wessel]

Ok my mistake, but still which is more preferred?

[neelsf]

On a dry road with sand and lots of hardpack try the hutchinson python...and in mud bontrager mud x

[dirtrider]

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 ?

[neelsf]

ya for mud we race bontrager mud x 1.7 at the xc

[wessel]

How does standard tires that come with a bike normally compare?

[neelsf]

No name brand?

[wessel]

Marida race 2.1