Originally Posted by
Byebyebayern
Hey guys,
why is nearly anybody using the conti speed kings on their "mtb to road bike conversion"? I see So many billy bonkers and maxxis dth. Ok, they look fantastic but the performance of speed kings should be so much better?
Best wishes.
Performance on what surface, measured how?
I think the key thing is that most folks building a drop bar mountain bike aren't trying to convert it to a road bike as you present it. The question of why people do it has occasionally come up in this thread but the answers are really varied, especially because there is the Cunningham style setup where the drops is the main position, developed around xc racing, and there are people who set it up for hood riding, so more modern road position, and there are those who set up for multiple hand position/long haul comfort for touring.
There is a lot of fad and trend in tires too, and it seems like DTH and BB width is directly proportional to likes on Instagram...
So that's probably the real reason!