| Re: Slicks OK on the touring bike - If so, what kind?
"PCB" <name+number@A-ho-L.com> wrote:
> I have a Trek 520 that occasionally rolls on gravel roads
> (slowly/carefully) and Iąd like to change out the 700x32c
> Conti Top Touring 2000 tires for some road slicks. Would
> the slicks suck on these roads?
Tread doesn't help much on gravel, but breadth and the resulting ability to
use lower pressures without suffering pinch-flats is useful. I've toured a
lot of dirt roads with 25mm slicks, and it's tolerable as long as you keep
the pressure high and get out of the saddle.
> If I decide to just stay off the gravel entirely, what kind of slicks
> can I then use?
Anything that isn't too narrow for your rim or too fat to fit your frame. I
don't know what rims your Trek uses.
James Thomson
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