as they did and got a perfectly sensible answer to the question asked and additional spontaneous suggestions to assist their thinking and good advice based on the level of understanding shown to go and look in the shops and speak to people about the type of riding they'll be doing, which we are second guessing.
Went to evans to pick my bike up after repair and was speaking to one of the sales staff and he had just bought a cyclo cross bike and was raving about it, said its more comfortable on the road than a road bike as it has slightly wider tyres and is good off road too. Think it was a pinnacle , on offer at the mo only downside was a very lary green colour. Hope this helps
AKA an honest observation based on the post and followed up by more helpful advice directly related to the comment, I suggested the question is basic & again not uniquely to this site wondered if it was genuine (think the grief Matthew & Soup just for 2 off the top of my head got from the off), you choose to pick on a small part of the first person to answer in the context of not only answering the question but giving extra unsolicited suggestions and advice. I stick by it too, I genuinely think his first port of call should be a bike shop to see and get a feel for the type of bike he needs for the riding he'll be doing which isn't clear from the conflicted info in the first post.
Anyhow. 1st my apologies for my part in your thread being hijacked and disappearing off piste.
Of course it matters. Mtb tyres don't fit a road bike. There are lots of possible replies, though, ranging from "don't worry about it, slick tyres have plenty of grip" all the way to "you'd probably be happier with a mountain bike." Which of these answers to give depends entirely on the reason why the OP wants mtb tyres.
