/n/ - Transportation » Thread #1992199

[26 / 4 / 1]

78KiB, 900x450, IMG_3866.jpg

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2024 19:21:51 No.1992199 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1992287

Are thinner tires better for bikes that are used in the city and gravel roads mostly?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2024 19:33:17 No.1992200 Report

Quoted By:

As in skinnier? Or thinner walled/tread.

I assume you mean skinnier. It depends really it's all a balance. In the city you can get away with skinnier tires but you need more puncture protection cuz glass and shit. Gravel you can get away with less puncture but need to have more.volume cuz bumpy ride. MTB you need big knobs and big volume cuz off road grip and shit.

A skinnier tires isn't necessarily better. But for gravel and city yea you can get away with skinnier tires compared to true off road.

Anyways fuck you your question is dumb

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2024 19:50:17 No.1992204 Report

Quoted By:

For gravel and city I would run 28-38mm tires with a low tread profile or no tread. Could go bigger but I would stay away from lots of tread, since that will slow you down+wear quicker in the city.
Bigger tires allow less pressure and tend to be more puncture resistant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 19 Apr 2024 23:48:13 No.1992231 Report

Quoted By: >>1992247 >>1992249

"better" depends on the qualities you're looking for in a ride. For asphalt I'd say 28mm slicks, but there's a reason gravel bikes are all built for ~40mm, and on loose chunky gravel I'm more confident and comfortable on my 4.6".

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 01:37:57 No.1992247 Report

Quoted By: >>1992292

>>1992231
i hate florida because there's all this super fine "sugar sand" that spills out into the road, shoulder and sidewalks and <28s are a deathtrap when you hit that shit while cornering at speed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 01:45:50 No.1992249 Report

Quoted By: >>1992292

>>1992231
for me it is 32mm

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 05:33:15 No.1992287 Report

Quoted By: >>1992288 >>1992290 >>1992292 >>1992309 >>1992372

>>1992199
Depends on how comfortable you want your ride. Knobbies on the other hand are unnecessary on a bicycle for two reasons. One, a bike is not heavy enough for knobbies to dig into the ground and two, humans can't make wheels spin out. I wish we could. I would do burn it's all the time

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 05:34:18 No.1992288 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992287
Burnouts*

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 06:01:07 No.1992290 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992287
>humans can't make wheels spin out
Humans actually can, it's seems like more balancing technique than power
https://youtu.be/IS8MkdXP9O8
https://youtu.be/qVk-kZnhAco

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 08:01:06 No.1992292 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992247
Yeah, where I live in northern Europe this time of year the bike paths are coated with a loose layer of gravel left over from sanding the paths in the winter. That's definitely sketchy on road-slicks and I prefer my gravel bike until they swept that stuff up probably some time in June. Just serves to illustrate my point that "better" i entirely subjective to local riding conditions and rider strength, skill level, and personal preference.

>>1992249
That's fine.

>>1992287
>humans can't make wheels spin out
It's easy on ice. Particularly on icy hills. Knobs don't help. Studs do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 12:09:03 No.1992308 Report

Quoted By: >>1992317 >>1992318 >>1992340

There is no reason to not use as wide a tire as possible wherever you go.

A Conti GP5000 25mm has 8W rolling resistance in perfect asphalt, a Continental Contact Urban 40mm has 18W rolling resistance. In less than perfect asphalt, the differences are even lower.

Hell, 47mm schwalbe fucking marathons at 5bar pressure have 20W rolling resistance. And then you can take the pressure down to 2bar for maximum comfort, and it will still be at 30W RR. You don't have this flexibility with smaller tires.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 12:33:59 No.1992309 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992287
>One, a bike is not heavy enough for knobbies to dig into the ground and two
yeah those tire tracks in the dirt?
fake, a figment of my imagination
Try riding in the mud with slicks and report back on how well they do

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 13:53:57 No.1992317 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992308
Well, there's the clearance issue for one. Laid back non-judgmental retro-bro douchebags will be like "noooo you can't just use disc brakes! everything on your bike has to be 60 years old or I'll ask you how many races you won last year" and then act surprised when their 43mm rene hearse organic cotton tires won't fit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 13:58:50 No.1992318 Report

Quoted By: >>1992320 >>1992340

>>1992308
You don't actually know what you're talking about.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 14:07:20 No.1992320 Report

Quoted By: >>1992323

>>1992318
And you're going to let people get fooled by me and not grace us with your knowledge, I guess.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO duty_calls_2x.png, 21KiB, 601x659

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 14:14:33 No.1992323 Report

Quoted By: >>1992327

>>1992320
Yes, because arguing with yet another retard on the internet is a fool's errand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 14:45:14 No.1992327 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992323
Agreed, you'd just waste those couple minutes per ridden hour that you saved over your tire choice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 15:58:13 No.1992340 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992308
I agree. I trusted jan heine on this one and he was right.
>>1992318
he's right. please reread op. if we are talking about asphalt and gravel for city/commuting, you should go with the biggest tire you can get, and I even suggest plan for a frame with adequate 2,1" clearance, or go for the old 27,5" conversion trick. Of course we are talking about tires with beautiful supple profiles, not coarse high profile mtb tyres.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 18:02:02 No.1992361 Report

Quoted By:

No, skinnier tires are better for one thing and one thing only, and that's rolling resistance at the expense of traction and comfort, hence why everyone obsessed with skinniness is either invested in competition road biking or an autismal minmaxer.

I bought a hybrid bike thinking I'd be fine with 40mm in the city, with a lot of people claiming you can comfortably use far less tire still, but the cobbles around here are so bumpy and slippery I'm now planning a new build with 60-65mm semi-slicks. Wider is always better unless you have a literal or metaphorical finish line to reach in the lowest time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 19:46:05 No.1992372 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992287
unnecessary? What da hell are you on about, go try and ride any MTB with 2 inch slicks and tell me how it goes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 21:17:38 No.1992400 Report

Quoted By:

less rolling resistance = better

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO IMG_3162.jpg, 161KiB, 1024x768

Anonymous Sat 20 Apr 2024 21:33:55 No.1992407 Report

Quoted By: >>1992946 >>1993054

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2024 22:11:59 No.1992934 Report

Quoted By:

large tires (2.25" ~ 57mm) are way better than skinnier on rough gravel, it's the difference between walking or floating over it at full speed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Apr 2024 23:26:35 No.1992946 Report

Quoted By:

>>1992407
>full carbon fatbike

why?

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1675274738273271.png, 517KiB, 720x724

Anonymous Wed 24 Apr 2024 13:24:47 No.1993054 Report

Quoted By: >>1993462

>>1992407
Honestly probably a goofy ass ride I'd love to give er a spin

On the topic of tires, anyone recommend some fast 650b gravel tires in the >= 2.00in range?|

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Apr 2024 02:35:48 No.1993462 Report

Quoted By:

>>1993054
race kings
i think rocket rons come in a 650
gravelking slicks or rh if you want no knobs (both are 48mm/1.9" though), but rh does make a 2.2" knobby. not too sure about the rr of that one, but i rh tires feel a lot faster than gravelkings on smoother gravel.

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

On these archives

Your latest searches