Winter and Cyclocross tyres / tires

My 2p

Tyres with big knobs will eat up your clearance while providing little added comfort (and not as much gripas you'd expect). Fill your clearance with a lower profile but bigger tyre, and then run at as low a PSI as you can for your weight. So a more touring focused tyre may be a better bet.

if you need something narrow check Schwalbe CX Pro. raced on them last year, seemed pretty reliable. they worked pretty well in snow as well.

These come in a 30mm so might fit?

DJ, come and see me at the cycle studio on saturday if you get a chance! i've also got a few thin cross tyres knocking around that we can measure up if you fancy

Panaracer cross blaster ftw!

ok DJ, bit of info on stratford upon avon for you, the cyclepath your gf is referring to is a traffic free stretch of old railway line, now used as a cycle trail,
it's occasionally mucky, but nothing slicks wont handle, (I occasionally spin along it if i'm bored on 23c's)
other than that there is little to no mountain biking in stratford and the most rigorous offroad around is the canal towpath between wilmcote and henley in arden, but I wouldn't bother with doing that, it's shit and full of walkers, who will try and knock you off, as i said, feel free to drop in at the shop and have a chat

Hey Virgil

What time do you open?

Don't tell him Virgil!
Unless you want the shop cleared of customers and an unfavorable article in the local paper about a "disturbance" and "anti social behavior"

Went and met Blake/virgil

Lovely chap, he was really attentive to the old bird who he was serving before me, she had really specific needs for her bike as a post op cancer survivor. He really went out of his way to help me as well. Good to see that Lfgss camaraderie stretches to the sticks!

Will be back up to go for a ride with him soon

Cheers for the help.

james i think rando's would be fine for most roughish surfaces.
i know you have used one before on the back but a slightly bigger one on the front should be ok.

Poor Virgil went bright red when one of the staff asked if I needed help and I explained I was waiting for Blake to service me. I then explained I had not met him before but that we were acquainted via the Internet, "but no like that".

Got a 24mm cunti

cross hybrid, i was thinking of
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Vittoria_Randonneur_Cross_Hybrid_City_Tyre/5360010650/

but ....alas you're sorted

Good work

Discontinued!

10+ in stock all sizes

Stuck in car w pisspoor web access

Discontinued came up and rest of the page froze

However even 28 may be too tight

they are 25 wide, 28 high, no problemo

Lovely to meet you james and i'm sorry you came to stratford on such a horribly weathered day, enjoy your time on the greenway tomorrow, all the best

Hopefully this is the right thread...

I'm looking to do some offroad on a pompino and am trying to find a cyclocross tyre that will be most suitable. I'm not looking for speed as I'll not be racing, but want something fairly rugged and grippy. Riding on the odd trail with 30mm michelin mud tyres is sometimes tricky when the terrain gets bumpy. Wondering if there are any cx tyres up to around 34/35mm that could make for a more enjoyable ride.

35mm is the upper limit for cycloX racing tyres. So the answer is yes.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/c/cycle/7/Tyres_-_Cyclocross/

But I'd try and fit the fattest 29er tyre I had clearance for. Volume is everything.
Something like a pair of Jones XRs in 29" x 1.8
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/bontrager-jones-xr-29er-tyre-id40362.html

Agree with Mr Smallfurry. You may find the difference between 30 and 34 very minimal depending on manufacturer (not sure if Michelin tyres come up big or small?)

From a On-One forum.
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So you're most likely stuck with 35's, and the conclusion that you should have bought a crosscheck (room for 45's, ie. those bonty's) ;)

That's a point I should have spotted having owned a Pompino for a month. The rear clearance was awful and yes as 35 would be pushing it.

You may just have to get used to the 'lively' off road behaviour. I go for speed over grip so 32c tyres work fine for me although my heart rate may be a bit higher than normal when cornering at 25mph downhill on loose gravel!

[QUOTE=Smallfurry;1631434]35mm is the upper limit for cycloX racing tyres...

UCI changed to 32mm recently.
So, all 34mm tyres will be offered with discount now.
Vittoria importers in Benelux do not sell 32+ anymore.

So are manufacturers going to stop making anything over 32mm tyres?

I might investigate 29 inch tyres to see if one will fit.

I've got 37mm Randonneurs Trail on an old Freddie Frubb made for 27' wheels and they're fine on dirt.
Just have to make sure the rear nuts are tightened up at all times, because the axle tends to creep up in the dropouts slightly and there's not much clearance left (maybe 2mm on both sides).