26 inch tan wall MTB tires
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I have the Kenda Kross Plus K847 on one of my MTB/s that is mainly a street bike. I like these mush better that the panaracer smoke lite that is on my other MTB. The kross is much quieter than the smoke.
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A lot of people forget or don't realize that Compass makes 26" tires smaller than the RTP. I'm eyeing the Naches Pass 1.8 myself. Currently running 1.75 Paselas and they're pretty good, especially for the price. I wish they were a little wider, but then I'd have to get new fenders so it's ok They look good and get a nice hum goin on smooth pavement
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Compass makes some stupidly nice 26" skinwalls -- the Rat Trap pass. If I was going to be on tarmac 95% of the time, its what I would take assuming money is no object.
I've ridden the Maxxis above. Stout tire, nice and versatile. But no where near the ride quality of the compass.
https://www.compasscycle.com/shop/co...rat-trap-pass/
I've ridden the Maxxis above. Stout tire, nice and versatile. But no where near the ride quality of the compass.
https://www.compasscycle.com/shop/co...rat-trap-pass/
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Thumbs Up for Pasellas
About 10 years ago I put a set of 26" x 1.75 Paselas on my 1987 Colnago MTB. They were very smooth on the road.
The Pasela 1.75 tires looked undersized on that bike and I wanted to do some serious gravel crunching so I installed some 26" x 1.95 Hemisphere EX tires. They looked WAY oversized compared to the Paselas and did nothing to improve the squirrely handling on or off road. Ernesto didn't have a clue about MTB geometry. It felt like a twitchy crit bike!
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This is a topic I have thought a lot about.
-Maxxis DTH. Roll well. Pretty thick tread. I have been riding one regularly on pavement for 2 years and the tread shows little to no wear. No punctures. Thanks to it being a pump track tire. Very happy with it for a heavy city bike. Best option if you need wide and smooth but can't afford the $$$ Compasses.
-Pasela 1.75. Good all-rounder. Never really had an issue.
-Maxxis DTH. Roll well. Pretty thick tread. I have been riding one regularly on pavement for 2 years and the tread shows little to no wear. No punctures. Thanks to it being a pump track tire. Very happy with it for a heavy city bike. Best option if you need wide and smooth but can't afford the $$$ Compasses.
-Pasela 1.75. Good all-rounder. Never really had an issue.
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I doubt the 1.75" Pasela will actually roll faster than the 2.15" DTH. What I would do instead is play with the pressure on your DTHs. I found that pumping up the pressure too high made them feel sluggish and running them a little lower made them feel more supple and faster.
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I doubt the 1.75" Pasela will actually roll faster than the 2.15" DTH. What I would do instead is play with the pressure on your DTHs. I found that pumping up the pressure to high made them feel sluggish and running them a little lower made them feel more supple and faster.
When I first got them I rode them at 60psi or so and thought they felt pretty nice compared to my Schwalbe Fat Franks I didn't notice them feeling any slowly or slugish. I slowly started pumping them more and more towards their max thinking I'd sacrifice a little cush and gain some more speed/rolling.
The thing is, I've only just recently started commuting regularly so I had the idea that I've just gotten a bit more fit in the few months I've been riding which is why I was only now noticing the sluggishness that I thought was always there with the tires. It didn't once cross my mind that less psi could = better feel and rolling.
Going to try going back to 60 today