Slicks on a29er MTB vs. Roadbike

[zappa]

Titus Rockstar - very nice. Only had it 6 weeks, but very nice.

[CAAD4]

Well in that case just rock on past the dudes in their speedos and take photo's of their faces and post them....

[levett]

I'm sure that, in good 'ole hub tradition, you'll get many differing opinions.

 

You can fit 700C road tyres to a 29er wheel (you'll just have to watch 'rim width' as some 29er wheels will need wider than a 23 or 25 - say 32 or 38.

 

Note that on MOST hard trail 26ers, you can fir 29er wheels with slicks (you just need to watch rear clearance to the swinging arm/shock mount on full sussers).

 

I have a set of wheels for my 29er with Continental 'semi-slicks' on (32 width I think) - i.e. slick in the middle with knobbies on the outside - that I use for commuting with (so I can bounce it up onto the verge if necessary).

 

So, if you're going to get into triathlons or road riding, buy a road bike (problem being that, if you buy a cheapo one, you'll want to upgrade) - if not, get some spare wheels for the 29er (worst case is that you can then have wheels with different tyres fitted for different conditions (mountain kings on one, and crossmarks on the other?)

[D Vader]

You can put normal 700c road tyres on your 29er, I did it for the D2D, it worked very well.I used Conti Gatorskins

I also put a 48 chainring on the front( 11 to 34 cassette), keeping it on as it works perfectly.

This was done on a tubeless rim with the Bontrager rimstrip still inside, no problems.

The only cost was the effort, as I already had the tyres and tubes.

If you care too much about looking nerdish, get a roadbike, otherwise, wear lycra and a smile, you'll go faster.

Oh, the Gatorskins were 25 wide , but I have used 23 before.