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  • 700c slicks on 29er – does it work?
  • mdb
    Free Member

    Just checking that 700c slicks will fit my 29er? Any recommendations?

    I’m so sick of the mud I’m turning the MTB into a road bike for a while.

    Cheers.

    johnners
    Free Member

    Just don’t go for anything too narrow if you’ve got MTB-width rims on there and you should be fine.

    boxelder
    Full Member

    Stick CX tyres on and you’re good for on and off road.
    Spesh Borough would be a roadier choice.

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    mangoridebike
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    given that most 700c wheels with cx tyres will fit 26″ mtb I think you’ll be fine, as above rim width will be a bigger concern.

    MrTall
    Free Member

    I have two sets of slicks that i’ve run on my 29ers, one a set of Spesh Borough CX tyres 700x42c and my current favourite Scwalbe Big Apples 2.35″ which are ace and just plough through everything on the roads. They are on my Fargo at the moment and it’s fab.

    I prefer the look of the fatter tyres but i guess the Spesh ones probably rode a bit faster and lighter.

    thomthumb
    Free Member

    what width rim.

    I’d be running 28/32C as a minimum.

    anotherdeadhero
    Free Member

    I run 32s on my ‘commuter’ with 29er wheels. I think for my rims even 28s would be too narrow. Works fine though, as you’d expect.

    Onzadog
    Free Member

    I looked this up on the Schwable website. My 19mm arch rims will work down to 28mm. To go narrower than that would need 17mm rims.

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