Cassie Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Reluctantly, I have to spend more and more time on the road instead of on the dirt... But I would like to have a set of road tyres mounted on their own rim set...then it is just a question of swopping wheels and off you go for your ride...then back to MTB on the weekend. Anyone doing something similar? Is it worth it to just get a "normal" set to rims for this purpose? I mean, for the price of a decent set of rims - I can actually buy a complete road bike!!! Not that i want to...I love my MTB far too much!! Any ideas?
geoffro Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 I also train on the road but on a old mtb with slicks(removed front shocks even).A old mtb is so cheap for training AND you save wear and tear on your better mtb.Second set of rims dont have to be top quality but another bike would be just as cheap almost. I also sometimes train on my road bike but cant jump pavements and ride on the verge when things get dangerous!
Cassie Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Yip, thats it...I'm reconing a cheap set of extra rims fitted with slicks.... Pros: the full use of you dearly beloved MTB (even on road); but not wearing those expensive MTB spesific tyres... not having to maintain two bikes...one set-up etc. Cons: faster wear of MTB parts??? anything else? I know for a fact that if/when I get that second "old" bike "just for training"...I'm going to be seriasly tempted to upgrade and spend far more than I initially wanted to...so the compromise is using one MTB and have two options - road & offroad.
Beebster Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 I'm sitting with the same problem, actually went as far as to buy the slicks, or semi's, but still need a decent pair of rims, but then I'd need another 9 speed casette, and all the rest, big mission. Might just buy a very cheap roadie, but dang, what if I get into the road thing, hope that is my last day on earth
MadScientist Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 seems a couple of us are in this boat, I do the swap thing but changing to my conti town & country are a major hassel and time consuming. Am considering upgrading my factory alex rims then I'll have an extra set
Cassie Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Ja, also got the slicks an all.....but I'n running tubeless and it is aa mission to break my nice tubeless eal everytime nad having to re-seal the MTB tyre setup... Maybe I should invest in a good tubeless rim set and then just keep my current ones for road use...i'm worried about the casette and disc brakes with the swop...one chain - two different casettes...will that work?
SURFER Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 I use two wheelsets, two different clusters and two different chains on my roadbike, no problem.
levett Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 If your 26er MTB will accommodate it (and your MTB has disc brakes), you can get a set of 29er wheels and have slicks on them. I had a 700C Rim and MTB Hub (disc brake) made up (by JB) for my wife's Scott Scale 35 MTB to use on the road (now fitted with 700 25C tyres).
Trapper Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 If your cassette and disc size are the same on both - do (like my friend does and) have two sets of wheels. Swapping is quick and you can do both road and MTB easy. ONly thing that's a bit of hassle is the disc pads may need re-align from one wheel to the other due to the discs not being 100% the same horizontal distance, but that is easily solved by holding the touching side of the disc against that pad, and pumping the brake 3 or 4 times. And you can buy good sets of 2nd hand wheels (with cassette and rotor sometimes) here on the beloved Hub
Christopher Brunsdon Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Ja' date=' also got the slicks an all.....but I'n running tubeless and it is aa mission to break my nice tubeless eal everytime nad having to re-seal the MTB tyre setup... Maybe I should invest in a good tubeless rim set and then just keep my current ones for road use...i'm worried about the casette and disc brakes with the swop...one chain - two different casettes...will that work? [/quote'] Yo, Oom Cassie I got some slicks with tubes lying around if you want to try them out. OK, they are the basic Kendas (1.5) I picked up at Sportsmans to try out slicks. Did not like it and went back to my OEM cheap Kendas (1.9) I'm also going to get a 2nd set of wheels to do the same.
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