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Bike: 2007 Gary Fisher Opie with Bontrager Earl 26x2.4 tires.

Most of my riding will be on New York City streets and suburban roads with some trails.
Hardcore, curb jumping, fast, aggressive, bunny hopping, grass, dirt, gravel, etc...

Hybrid tires look to skinny and seem to me that they wouldn't take the beating I'd give them a and my current tires are a bit too knobby.



What do you guys suggest?
 
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Checking these out so far...

http://www.phattire.com/mahosturasti.html

MAXXIS HOOKWORM STREET URBAN ASSAULT TIRE
$33.99
Size: 26x2.524x2.5

Designed for urban assault, street riding. Big air volume.

- Full tire surface functions as a potential contact patch

- Cornering adhesion is a result of U-shaped channels

- 60a durometer: Durable, fast rolling compound

- Single ply 120 tpi casing, 65 psi, black wall

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Discussion starter · #3 · (Edited)
Or these Innovas...

Innova Urban Assault MTB Bicycle Tire

4X street tire for your mountain bike, DH bike, single speed, or free ride bike; designed to battle the Urban Jungle.

Tight irregular shaped center blocks with knurled Micro tread square blocks, shoulder tread has narrow slits to enhance cornering traction and channeling of water/debris. High crown and wide size will help absorb big hits in city traffic

40 - 65 PSI

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Holy Rollers

The Hookworm is an awesome tire, but for what you described I might be inclined to pick the Holy Roller, also from Maxxis. It is way lighter and has recessed tread to give you a little better traction on the dirt. It is still pretty tough and will handle the curbs, but unless you plan to be doing a lot of grinding and other abusive moves, the weight savings will be really nice for commuting. It's available in a 2.2 or 2.4.
 
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Slowhand23 said:
The Hookworm is an awesome tire, but for what you described I might be inclined to pick the Holy Roller, also from Maxxis. It is way lighter and has recessed tread to give you a little better traction on the dirt. It is still pretty tough and will handle the curbs, but unless you plan to be doing a lot of grinding and other abusive moves, the weight savings will be really nice for commuting. It's available in a 2.2 or 2.4.
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I'll have to see if I can even fit the Hookworms (their 2.5, my current tires are 2.4).

What I was planning on doing was getting a set of beater rims and putting my Bonragers on those rims to swap when I go trail riding.
 
Discussion starter · #11 ·
Hey Henry,

Yeah, that Schwalbe Big Apple is a nice one too...if the Hookworms don't make it, it'll be those Schwalbes I think.

Rolling resistance will be more important than grip for the streets for me.

I'll just keep a 2nd set of rims tired up with knobbies for trailing.

Thanks for the info.

:)
 
#12 ·
i rode the big apple 2.35 while my years at the university of bremen.
bike was a full rigid steel mtb from raleigh. the apples were unbelievable nice to ride. very comfortable, smooth and fast! never had a flat, too.
if you need the volume of the apple but a little more grip you can choose the fat frank from schwalbe. available in black or creme.
 
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