29er Slicks

[Wolfie]

The Kenda Flintridge has a good write up.

[Wolfie]

The replies have been most informative and I thank you all for your input, I'm still a bit puzzled about my mishap with the Conties though.

[Mawbs]

so what tyres did you decide to go with now ??

[Wolfie]

I bought the Kenda Flintridge 700x40C Tubeless Ready tyres and took the HT for a long road ride today. The rolling resistance is minimal and the bike feels good with those tyres.

[Mawbs]

I bought the Kenda Flintridge 700x40C Tubeless Ready tyres and took the HT for a long road ride today. The rolling resistance is minimal and the bike feels good with those tyres.

 

where did you buy them ??

[Wolfie]

where did you buy them ??

I bought them from our local Giant Dealer in Shelly Beach

[Super Sywurm]

I use these with tubes, without any hiccups:

 

https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/chaoyang-tyre-viper-29er-slick-700x35c

 

Have used them on a set of American Classic AM28 rims, as well as a Kore wheel set.

[Mongoose!]

I use these with tubes, without any hiccups:

 

https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/chaoyang-tyre-viper-29er-slick-700x35c

 

Have used them on a set of American Classic AM28 rims, as well as a Kore wheel set.

 

can it be used tubeless?? - I know they are foldable

[Super Sywurm]

can it be used tubeless?? - I know they are foldable

Not sure, but I would say no.

[Slowbee]

Bringing up an old thread.

 

So the body is getting a bit battered. And while I like the idea of (n+1) for a gravel, I just cant seem o make sense of it.

 

Hence the idea of using a mtn bike with slicks. You get suspension front and read which just adds the comfort of long gravel rides with bit of tar in between and you can easily  play on single trails.

 

But, can you just buy any set of rims to drop slicks onto ? Could you possibly get a narrower wheel to fit into the frame and say run a true "gravel tyre" but not a fully fledged mountain bike tyre.

 

Would be keen to hear what hubland think.

[Super Sywurm]

Bringing up an old thread.

 

So the body is getting a bit battered. And while I like the idea of (n+1) for a gravel, I just cant seem o make sense of it.

 

Hence the idea of using a mtn bike with slicks. You get suspension front and read which just adds the comfort of long gravel rides with bit of tar in between and you can easily play on single trails.

 

But, can you just buy any set of rims to drop slicks onto ? Could you possibly get a narrower wheel to fit into the frame and say run a true "gravel tyre" but not a fully fledged mountain bike tyre.

 

Would be keen to hear what hubland think.

I have two sets of wheels, one with slicks for the road and the other for offroad.

[Super Sywurm]

As long as all your parts fit (hub/cassette), you would be fine.

[Slowbee]

I have two sets of wheels, one with slicks for the road and the other for offroad.

would you take your slicks onto the back roads? I would imagine a full mtn bike tyre might be overkill ?

[Super Sywurm]

would you take your slicks onto the back roads? I would imagine a full mtn bike tyre might be overkill ?

my slicks is for tar only, all the rest is mtb tyres.

[RobertWhitehead]

How about some semi-slicks? I bought a set (which I used twice - one training ride before the 94.7 and on the day) and on the training ride prior to the race I took them onto dirt roads to see if they'll hold up. 

 

And yes they felt a bit more jittery than what I was used to and yes I did not go over massive rocks but they held up nicely. I bought them for like R120 each or something like that

 

Bringing up an old thread.

 

So the body is getting a bit battered. And while I like the idea of (n+1) for a gravel, I just cant seem o make sense of it.

 

Hence the idea of using a mtn bike with slicks. You get suspension front and read which just adds the comfort of long gravel rides with bit of tar in between and you can easily  play on single trails.

 

But, can you just buy any set of rims to drop slicks onto ? Could you possibly get a narrower wheel to fit into the frame and say run a true "gravel tyre" but not a fully fledged mountain bike tyre.

 

Would be keen to hear what hubland think.

[Slowbee]

Rob, did you run the semi slicks on a second set of wheels ?