Skinny slick rubber for 26" mtb

hamster":blpj3vhf said:
Hutchinson Top Slick are fast and have lasted well for me - I use them on my tourer.
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Think im going to plump for these :? About the best weight as well @210g each

Mr ti could be getting a make over :? Losing the sus for a carbon and maybe 1x10 or 11, Ti or carbon stem/bars and seatpost. Lose all the red and rebuild using the purple and team green parts.
And all from a change of tyres :LOL: :facepalm:
 
unkleGsif":3i4qmrq6 said:
Do the Hanks come in just 2.2?

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1.5 too.

There used to be the "Big Hank", which was essentially a 2.5" version of the Hank. It was discontinued around 2 years ago.
 
frank.youngman":wlsnrz01 said:
Has to be the Continentals if you want speed,noticeably faster than Fatboys,mine weighed just over 200gms.You need rims with internal width of 17mm or less according to Sheldon,I use Sthenos.
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I have to agree. On wider rims (WolberAT18, Mavic 231) the tyre is awfully harsh even at lower pressures (80psi) as it is spread too wide at the beads.
 
hamster":tlpnj4x3 said:
frank.youngman":tlpnj4x3 said:
Has to be the Continentals if you want speed,noticeably faster than Fatboys,mine weighed just over 200gms.You need rims with internal width of 17mm or less according to Sheldon,I use Sthenos.
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I have to agree. On wider rims (WolberAT18, Mavic 231) the tyre is awfully harsh even at lower pressures (80psi) as it is spread too wide at the beads.
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they're ok on Mavic 517s, but better on Campag Ateks
 
And so the wheel turns full circle.BITD my last two chosen bikes were a Beast of the East for offroad and an Orange Prestige with a pair of Ateks and 26x1 Specialized tyres for road use.Unfortunately this time round I could not find a pair of Ateks and settled for Sthenos off two different Ebay sellers,slightly wider but still OK on internal width.

How I wish now I had not given away my Ateks!
 
Just plumped for a pair of Fatboys, as they were the last ones in the store

All I have to do is lace up the rear wheel and I will have 2 sets of wheels, M950/517/Tioga XC for off-road, M571/517/Fatboy for road, and with rigid P2 vs Z2 Superfly to swap between too, I basically have 2 bikes for the price of one :cool:


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Shayne":wcryax75 said:
ferrus":wcryax75 said:
Conti' Grand Prix are grippy and scary-fast at 100psi
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This ^

Continental Grand Prix 26x1:
The mtb slick all others should be judged by.
Fantastic.
End of story.
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Third vote for Conti Grand Prix + 100PSi, run them on my '93 Lava Dome and im around four minutes faster on my commute to work, than i am on my '98 Caldera with Splashback's!
 
Would have gone for the Conti GP's, as I have run their Avenue slicks for years (sold them on the Cindercone :( ), but the only Grand Prix's that I could get hold of were abmberwall, and I wanted black wall

Anyway, always fancied the Fatboys, all the way back to my yoof



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I didn't even know they did amber wall in the GP's, mine are black wall!
 
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