On 4/7/2020 3:53 AM, Ned Mantei wrote:
On 07-04-20 01:17, Andy wrote:
I use my mountain bike mostly on roads and am thinking of getting some
road tires.

Will the tread last as long as mtb tires ?

Â* Andy

If you still ride on unpaved roads or trails some of the time, I would
suggest considering Schwalbe "Smart Sam" tires. On a paved road they run
mainly on a closely spaced series of flat "grids" in the middle, and
don't feel like tractor tires. They do fine on dirt roads, but probably
aren't good enough for tricky downhill trails. I've been using them for
15 years or more.

I've switched to 100% Schwalbe for buying new tires and tubes but I
haven't tried the "Smart Sam." I recently took the mountain bike tires
off of my mountain bike and since it's more difficult right now to buy
new tires I put on some new-old-stock (from my garage) of Ritchey Tom
Slick 26.0 x 1.4
https://us.ritcheylogic.com/us_en/bike/tires/tom-slick-tire. I bought
them when they were being closed out (somewhere) a few years ago, for
something like $10 each.