wheels for road(ish) tires on MTB?

Any suggestions?

you arent going to do much better than what you have, or another pair of
wheels with skinny tires. if you want to make your bike faster, youre
likely missing 10 teeth from the front sprocket.

"Bobby Fiend" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides with
friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but I'd like to
just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is there a better solution,
wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

No, I don't think so. Use similar wheels/rims to what you have to eliminate
swapping problems. What you really want are tires with low rolling resistance.
You need to find tires with supple casings and thin, smooth tread, that can be
pumped up to reasonably high pressure. Those qualities are more important than
width. You should be able to go a bit smaller than your current 1.5". Stay
away from invert tread cross tires, they're pigs.

"Bobby Fiend" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides with
friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but I'd like to
just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is there a better solution,
wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

No, I don't think so. Use similar wheels/rims to what you have to eliminate
swapping problems. What you really want are tires with low rolling resistance.
You need to find tires with supple casings and thin, smooth tread, that can be
pumped up to reasonably high pressure. Those qualities are more important than
width. You should be able to go a bit smaller than your current 1.5". Stay
away from invert tread cross tires, they're pigs.

Although ZX6R has failed to read the OP, he has hit on the correct

Whoops... I missed reading the one critical paragraph, hehe.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Although ZX6R has failed to read the OP, he has hit on the correct

Whoops... I missed reading the one critical paragraph, hehe.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

ZeeExSixAre wrote:
"Bobby Fiend" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides with
friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but I'd
like to just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is there a
better solution, wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

Hey Bobby, if you have disc brakes, you can build up a disc wheelset
with 700c rims. They roll better and you have a much larger tire
selection.

Do any companies make wheels like these off the shelf (700c rim with MTB
disc hubset), or do you have to get them custom made?

(I know Mavic did make a pair like this in the past, but I never did find a
pair to buy.)

Regards,
H.

ZeeExSixAre wrote:
"Bobby Fiend" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides with
friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but I'd
like to just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is there a
better solution, wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

Hey Bobby, if you have disc brakes, you can build up a disc wheelset
with 700c rims. They roll better and you have a much larger tire
selection.

Do any companies make wheels like these off the shelf (700c rim with MTB
disc hubset), or do you have to get them custom made?

(I know Mavic did make a pair like this in the past, but I never did find a
pair to buy.)

Regards,
H.

Bobby Fiend wrote:
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides with
friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but I'd like to
just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is there a better solution,
wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

I want:
thinner tires (therfore thinner rims?) than I can probably get on my current
wheelset
lighter hubs/wheels/etc. if possibe (not as important; no racing in my
future)


I need...
the 135mm width of the locknuts in the hub, to fit my MTB frame
the brake surfaces to line up with my current brakes
the same 9-speed Shimano cassette, so shifting isn't screwed up (the whole
point is not to buy a new bike or spend time adjusting things when I swap
wheels).

Any suggestions? Will 650c wheels do it, if I put a different hub assembly
in them? I don't know. Does anyone already sell what I'm looking for, at a
reasonable (e.g., less than $150 USD) price?

ANY suggestions appreciated!

I'd stick with the same rim width you have now. Anything narrow enough
to make a difference will be beyond the simple adjustment capacity of
your brakes. A different diameter will be even worse--I've never seen
a rim where the braking surface is somewhere besides the very outside,
so every wheel change will require fiddling with all 4 pads. (I'm not
counting disks and drums)

If you aren't in a hurry, you can probably find a decent 7sp downtube
shifter road bike for $150.

Bobby Fiend wrote:
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides with
friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but I'd like to
just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is there a better solution,
wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

I want:
thinner tires (therfore thinner rims?) than I can probably get on my current
wheelset
lighter hubs/wheels/etc. if possibe (not as important; no racing in my
future)


I need...
the 135mm width of the locknuts in the hub, to fit my MTB frame
the brake surfaces to line up with my current brakes
the same 9-speed Shimano cassette, so shifting isn't screwed up (the whole
point is not to buy a new bike or spend time adjusting things when I swap
wheels).

Any suggestions? Will 650c wheels do it, if I put a different hub assembly
in them? I don't know. Does anyone already sell what I'm looking for, at a
reasonable (e.g., less than $150 USD) price?

ANY suggestions appreciated!

I'd stick with the same rim width you have now. Anything narrow enough
to make a difference will be beyond the simple adjustment capacity of
your brakes. A different diameter will be even worse--I've never seen
a rim where the braking surface is somewhere besides the very outside,
so every wheel change will require fiddling with all 4 pads. (I'm not
counting disks and drums)

If you aren't in a hurry, you can probably find a decent 7sp downtube
shifter road bike for $150.

HardwareLust wrote:
ZeeExSixAre wrote:
"Bobby Fiend" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to put roadlike tires on my MTB for occasional rides
with friends. I have some 1.5" smoothies for the current rims, but
I'd like to just get a spare set of wheels to swap at will. Is
there a better solution, wheel-wise, than a regular-width MTB rim?

Hey Bobby, if you have disc brakes, you can build up a disc wheelset
with 700c rims. They roll better and you have a much larger tire
selection.

Do any companies make wheels like these off the shelf (700c rim with
MTB disc hubset), or do you have to get them custom made?

(I know Mavic did make a pair like this in the past, but I never did
find a pair to buy.)

Regards,
H.


The demand for these wheels is probably too small to run a regular
production. You'd have to get them custom. But you were going to go with a
custom build anyways, right?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training