reno327

Hello, Uber clyde here at 400#s......I dropped 10#s.....I'm looking for slick tires to replace the mountain tires on my old Trek 800. What are some suggestions for tires.....I ride mainly on asphalt and concrete.

TechKnowGN

I just picked up a pair of cheap ones at the co-op, can't think of the name though. They seem fine, very thick in fact. I paid $7 for the pair before my discount.

jakereed

Continental Sport Contact 26X1.6

chewybrian 

I like my Bontrager Racelite Hardcase tires. About $40 each, but worth it if you want a fast, light, durable road tire with zero flats. LBS guy talked me into them. I had my doubts, but several thousand miles later, I dig 'em.

Bill Kapaun

I'd recommend something like this for your weight.
https://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...SURE+CITY+TIRE

The high pressure will help prevent pinch flats, while the 1.50" size is a good compromise between rolling resistance and "squish factor" for pot holes.

theetruscan

If tires popping is a real problem (I have no idea, I never carry more than 80 pounds of groceries, so my total weight on the bike has never crossed 330), why not get Nu-Tecks?
https://www.nu-teck.com/product.html

I have heard mostly good (but not stellar things), but you can't flat a solid tire.

the_mac

Tires popping is not a concern. Those tires are NOT ideal.

Let's think about this realistically. If you're carrying 75% of your weight on the back tire (pretty typical), you'll have somewhere near 300# being supported by that tire. At 60PSI, that's 5 inches of contact, and at 100PSI, that's 3 inches of contact.

You could get some skinny tires which will handle the 100PSI easily, but it won't be as comfortable a ride. You could also get some Schwalbe Big Apples, which come in a 26x2.35 that's rated to 330# per tire, and will provide a smooth ride while protecting your rims from dings.

cod.peace

Schwalbe Kojak: https://www.schwalbetires.com/kojak
Comes in 26x1.35 and 26x2.0

bcc

+1

I've been running 700x28 version of these on my bike and they're great. I started off at 385 lbs, runing the tyres at 105 psi (their max). They're wearing very well (hardly any noticeable) and seem to be pretty puncture resistant so far.

Wogster

Most solid tires are not solid, the principal is that there are air filled cells inside the tire that are inside a lattice of solid material. The issue is that such tires are usually equivalent to running a 40PSI tire, in that much higher and it becomes impossible to install on a standard rim.

Wogster

You really need to work the normal formula backwards to find a tire that works. Seventy five percent of the weight is on the back tire, or 300lbs, at 100PSI that means you need a contact patch surface area of 3 square inches, to eliminate squish, typically this would mean a tire with a contact patch of 2" x 1.5" so the tire would need to be 2" or 51mm wide. There are very few high pressure slicks that are that wide, so probably the best idea is to run the widest, high pressure slick tire you can find, at the maximum rated pressure, and realise that rolling resistance is going to be higher then it would be with a lighter rider, however since most mountain bike tires have a terrible rolling resistance anyway, you should still gain a couple of MPH with the switch.