[Closed] What Mountainbiking for my Tyres?

Do they have good rolling resistance?

Rolling resistance is about 6.9

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In that case I recommend morocco, as the MBCAM (mountain bike & camel association of morocco) specify only tyres of that RRI (rolling resistance index) may be used there.

What bike are you going to use with them.......

What bike are going to use with them.......

What would you recommend?

Hmmm,for those tyres it would have to be a black one,or at a push maybe a silver one......But deffo not blue !

With tyres of 6.9, you need a bike of 3.1 or under, otherwise you'll be "overbiked" and you don't want that.

You might want to think about spokes.

I have access to a black one as it happens. What tyre pressures for Morocco?

What tyre pressure do you get the RR of 6.9?

There is nowhere that I can think of where such a small selection of tyres will be suitable.. it's probably best if you just stay at home and ride around your garden..

I usually carry a selection of tyres to suit the different terrain that I encounter on a ride..

For the section of woods heading north outside my house I use an ardent, but I change this for a racing ralph at the top of the bridleway as the singletrack heading down to the gate is well drained and quite shaley..

At the gate I put on some commuting tyres for the short road section (about half a mile) until the small cut through up to the common.. this area never dries out and is quite marshy so I put on a muddy mary until I come out onto the heath at the top..

Here I change for the ardent again (aspen in summer) but in the valley bottoms and on the third descent I change for a high roller..

Once off the common and up onto the moor I stick with the high rollers for the rocky sections.. (except on the slick black rock where I use a super tacky) the muddy mary where it gets boggy, and rocket rons for the singletrack (changing back to a nevegal if I have to ride through any puddles or poo)

I always stop and put a trials tyre on if I need to bunnyhop over a trail obstacle or pull a manual..

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Depends.

What colour are your handlebars?

Are you riding on Saturday or Sunday? Or both?

Do Hope make tyres?

Personally I think tyres are overrated. Just ride on the rims you will get much better "trail response", especially if you ride those pseudo bmx tracks called trail centres.

If you do chose to put those skill compensators on your steed, make sure its a really expensive one and buy some different tyres. Everyone knows the Highroller should be a 60a and the Ardent a Super Tacky.

6.9 rolling resistance or not, it's irrelevant

The fact their diameter comes up 3" shy of being of any use whatsoever pretty much condemns them to pub bike duties
26" tyres are useless, if not dangerous

Oh yes, I forgot to mention. The tyres are indeed 26". Will these be ok for normal mountainbiking?

Handlebars are black and I would ideally like to ride both Saturday and Sunday if advisable.

Black bars? Hmmmmm.

I'd suggest cutting the High Roller into foot long sections and glueing them to the shoulders of your body armour.

If you have any left over, how about a Maxxis codpiece?

Will they be inflated using a trackpump with a wooden handle? If not, I fear the air inside maybe of an inferior quality and affect your performance.

All trails, byways and bridleways come with recommended tyre and bike tolerances. You will be looking for a trail labelled "suitable for tyres of RR5 - RR7.49, going = loose - poor"

Riding the wrong tyre on the trail can invalidate the warranty on that trail.

as has been said

The suspension curve of a single pivot system lends itself better to the maxxis range of tyres. Hense why the Giant mystro linkage works better with the kena or Bonty tyre range.

so go for a single pivot 5 esque bike

Of course the one thing everyone so far has failed to mention is that as long as you fit them to an Orange 5 you are instantly neither over, under or pretensiously biked.

yunki - Member
rocket rons for the singletrack (changing back to a nevegal if I have to ride through any puddles or poo)

Damn it! That's where I've been going wrong all this time 🙄

are they running tubeless?

that will have a major impact on which terrain is suitable for them.

Some friends and I were recently wondering what tyres for Purgatory. If you end up riding there with these tyres, let us know how you get on.

Oh, and avoid America, where your tyres won't be compatible. You will need to get some tires if you want to ride America.

I usually carry a selection of tyres to suit the different terrain that I encounter on a ride..

This is a slippery slope, for which it sounds like you already have suitable tyres, but I started off doing that, but then Dave Cameron gave me an idea. I now get one of these running along behind me on a ride with every possible permetation of equipment and clothing that ever got 3.5 or above in a magazine review.

Which reminds me, must start a what tyres for my caterpillar thread....

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I thought 6.9 sounded quite high then I realised the High Roller is mounted backwards. Quite a good solution for freeride-lite

Hmmm this is a tough one, i fear you may be under tyred with the single ply and over biked with the dual - i'd have a look on BikeRadar and see what they recommend in 1.5 ply casing in slipanotalotta compound.
In fact i think On-One now do tyres, get some of those if you approve of their business model, oh unless your mates have already bought them cheaper in which case i'd order from CRC (at least if you order from CRC we get a new CRC thread next week when your order hasn't been processed yet or they turn up in a box the size of a bus).
Frame wise i recommend a heavily reduced 456 (subject to stock availability and once again if your mates got one cheaper) or maybe an Orange Five (make sure you get the CCDB upgrade on the Five though as it's practically unrideable without it).
Have you thought about whether your going to ride flats or clips with these tyres (and what shoes to go with said pedals)?
For stopping duties you may want to look into the xt brakes that Rose bikes sell, rumour has it you can't buy spares though.... or maybe your a Hope man, if so don't worry about setting them up right, fit and forget (and wear earplugs, centralising the pistons is overrated).
Whatever you do, don't buy anything from Superstar, it'll practically disintagrate in the post, especially the brake pads...
I think your plans to ride this weekend are ambitious, you've got some researching to be getting on with.
Don't bother using the search option on this site either, it's much better to start your own thread.

HTH (that's hope that helps) - learn lots of these abbreviations for your posts, they increase your radness no end 🙂

"I think your plans to ride this weekend are ambitious, you've got some researching to be getting on with."

I lol'd

Cleethorpes?

You don't state how worn these tyres are. It's possible you're going to have seek not only a location to ride at, but a suitable season too.