What 'road' tyres on a 26" MTB?

[cjs]

Am converting my old MTB to a single speed for road use, any recommendations on tyre choice? Been looking at Michelin 'City' Tyres at £10 each, should I go 1.4" or 1.85" ?

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Or what about the WTB

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Or Schwalbe? Again 1.5" or 1.95"

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Don't want to spend too much , it will be just for shop/pub trips, nothing too demanding.

Edited by cjs on Sunday 31st October 12:20

[magpie215]

I have the Michelin city's on my hybrid. No punctures in 4 months of commuting good wear rate nice reflective strip that really shows up in headlights for £10 a pop they are good value IMO.

[Aur]

Bought these Contis years ago would recommend them. Not had a puncture and I can also use them off-road to a certain extent.

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[cjs]

Aur said:

Bought these Contis years ago would recommend them. Not had a puncture and I can also use them off-road to a certain extent.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?Mod...

Hmmm...nice but a bit too much money for what I want, I'm on a tight budget!

[Funkateer]

magpie215 said:

I have the Michelin city's on my hybrid. No punctures in 4 months of commuting good wear rate nice reflective strip that really shows up in headlights for £10 a pop they are good value IMO.

If you live near a Decathlon store, then they do MTB slicks for a similar price with a reflective strip. However I've just changed mine back to DMR Moto Diggers, which are more MTB than road, but still are lowish rolling resistance, especially at 60psi which is near the top end of the recommended pressure range. Also allows me to use a couple of tracks on the commute if I like.

A friend who also commutes really rates the travel contacts as per Aur's post above.

Also there's these which are slighty wider and cheap
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scwalbe-SILENTO-II-Road-Trek...

Edited by Funkateer on Sunday 31st October 18:12

[cjs]

magpie215 said:

I have the Michelin city's on my hybrid. No punctures in 4 months of commuting good wear rate nice reflective strip that really shows up in headlights for £10 a pop they are good value IMO.

Do you know what width yours are?

[Steve UK]

I have these, very fast and I use them down a mud track too No punctures since using them for 12 months.

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[cjs]

Went for the Michelin 'City' Tyres in the end, decided on the 1.4" for speeeed! Hope they don't give me too harsher ride compared to the 1.85", should arrive today, should have my single speed on the road by the weekend.