BB200 Tyres/Bike

Asposium · Post by **Asposium** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:12 am

I had a crazy thought.......

doing some sorting of old stuff and came across some old conti cross country 26 x 1.5 tyres.

think they might be ideal

Dainiusd · Post by **Dainiusd** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:02 am

Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

Richard G · Post by **Richard G** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:08 am

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

Given the amount of pushing (even for fat bikes) then that'll probably be a good idea.

Asposium · Post by **Asposium** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:50 am

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

I was hoping to have my litespeed gravel bike finished in time
alas it isn't

so hardtail mountain bike for me

HopeValleyPaul · Post by **HopeValleyPaul** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:10 pm

I'll be on my krampus+rohloff

the perfect combination for racing!

ScotRoutes · Post by **ScotRoutes** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:15 pm

HopeValleyPaul wrote:I'll be on my krampus+rohloff
the perfect combination for racing!

Racing? Are you at some other event?

whitestone · Post by **whitestone** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:37 pm

XR4/XR3 tyres now fitted to wheels. Just need to leave them overnight to ensure there's no leaks then I can swap the B+ wheels for them.

That's 1.5Kg saved off the bike

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:39 pm

Richard G wrote:
Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...
Given the amount of pushing (even for fat bikes) then that'll probably be a good idea.

I did the infamous 2014 course on a gravel* bike, so I'm sure you'll be fine

* there was hardly any gravel

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:08 pm

* there was hardly any gravel

Possibly more than people imagine ... it was just under water

slarge · Post by **slarge** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:30 pm

I really enoyed the 2014 course. There's a photo somewhere of me up to my waist in tussocky hell (and as I am short it wasn't that deep), with my bike on my shoulders, laughing at the ridiculous situation we seemed to be in.

littlegirlbunny · Post by **littlegirlbunny** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:42 am

I'll be on the 29er with ordinary middle of the road MTB specialized ground control tyres - 2.3 up front, 2.1 on the back. Cos they are set up tubeless and I can't be arksed to change them. They'll do the job.

whitestone · Post by **whitestone** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:51 am

littlegirlbunny wrote:I'll be on the 29er with ordinary middle of the road MTB specialized ground control tyres - 2.3 up front, 2.1 on the back. Cos they are set up tubeless and I can't be arksed to change them. They'll do the job

That's the spirit!

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:51 am

That looks just the ticket Jo ... just don't put your pannier rack on

littlegirlbunny · Post by **littlegirlbunny** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:14 pm

Bearbonesnorm wrote:That looks just the ticket Jo ... just don't put your pannier rack on

It's OK, I'm putting the tea strainer in my giant backpack instead

macinblack · Post by **macinblack** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:52 pm

That's me waving on that ship in the picture.

notinabox · Post by **notinabox** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:39 pm

Not ysed Maxxis before, Is a 2.3 High roller 2 a bad idea for rear of hardtail with front suss fork? My Conti rear shot recently. It'll be tubeless. Many thanks.
Steve..

In Reverse · Post by **In Reverse** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:43 am

Dainiusd wrote:Guess I'll be the black sheep with cyclocross on 40mm tyres...

I'll make it two black sheep, although it'll be 40c WTB Nanos on a fully rigid Surly Ogre for me. I think.

Can't quite decide between that and the 29er hardtail with 2.4" Ardent/Nobby Nic

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:41 pm

Just counted, I reckon about 96km on 'metalled' road.

Richard G · Post by **Richard G** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:18 pm

notinabox wrote:Not ysed Maxxis before, Is a 2.3 High roller 2 a bad idea for rear of hardtail with front suss fork? My Conti rear shot recently. It'll be tubeless. Many thanks.
Steve..

It'll be reasonably draggy on the road, but nice and comfy for the off road sections. :)

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:32 pm

Just counted, I reckon about 96km on 'metalled' road.

Sounds kinda straightforward when you put it like that

benp1 · Post by **benp1** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 2:54 pm

I have a Maxxis HR2/Ardent combo on my Solaris

It's the draggiest thing in the world, people will hear you coming over the border as each knobbly hits the tarmac, but it's ace off road!

notinabox · Post by **notinabox** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:49 pm

benp1 wrote:I have a Maxxis HR2/Ardent combo on my Solaris

It's the draggiest thing in the world, people will hear you coming over the border as each knobbly hits the tarmac, but it's ace off road!

Oh bollox :( Better on the front...... just a bit? May leave my Conti X king on front?

Richard G · Post by **Richard G** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:57 pm

I'm running an X-King up front. Should be fine.

notinabox · Post by **notinabox** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:01 pm

Richard G wrote:I'm running an X-King up front. Should be fine.

It's usually what I run so I'll stick with it, cheers. Rear was due a change for wear and for winter so trying the minion SS on rear.... ..

stucowp · Post by **stucowp** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:30 pm

You might be in luck yet Bob as i'm running out of time to sort my bike out properly which will result in me throwing it in the back of the car on thursday night and using it in whatever state its in!

I was trying to get the time to bicycle the Lurcher up for one last hurrah so think yourself lucky! ;-)

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