What a difference half an inch makes

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Much better.....

Swapped the 2.0 tyres on the MTB to 1.5 slicks - what a difference this morning Last week I was beginning to really dislike the ride to work as I exhausted myself in a couple of miles trying to keep any kind of speed whilst the knobblies buzzed along deafeningly and I bounced around on the low pressure fat tyres.

I could even start to enjoy riding the MTB to work now...just need some new shifters and swap the cassette over from the mangled explorer (which is "spare parts" now I believe as the claim has been put in for a replacement bike rather than repair) as the MTB currently has a 7sp cassette but a wide range - fine for its original intended purpose but could do with a narrower range with the extra gears.

Pondering whether to put the riser bars back on or not...the flats I like better off-road but it makes the bars a little low, might be a softie and go for the comfort option if it means that I might start taking longer routes to work again soon

 

[Xiorell]

Ya know I was amazed at how much difference tyres make. After riding about on my Hybrid with its 700c tyres at about 75-80psi for some months, then jumping on the MTB i put together the other week for a test ride to see how it was all working, the 1.95s at 50psi felt like riding over sand or something conpared to the hybrid!


When I was younger I wouldn't think twice about the tyres on the MTBs (Didn't know any better) I used to ride about on but now for road use I don't think I'd even consider anything that wasn't built with roads in mind.