Schwalbe Kojac on MTB

[garignol]

Good afternoon,

I have a hard tail MTB which i find myself rarely using because my new house is nowhere near any good off road trails.

I've tried using it on road a few times with friends who have road or hybrid bikes and i find it difficult on 650bx2.2s tyres to keep up (im sure fitness isnt the issue).

I'm wondering if i went with a Schwalbe Kojac 650bx1.35 would i have a better experience and perhaps have a better chance of keeping up with the roadies/hybrids?

Also, would 1.35s look hurrendous on a mtb?

I'd probably also ride with the front sus locked off full time.

Thanks

[stinkwheel]

Yes. Road tyres for on the road. Makes an enormous difference.

Skinnier the better to my mind as long as they'll mount on your rims. Who cares what they look like?

Pump them up hard. Lock out the forks. You'll probably then find it's geared too low anyway and needs lower geared casette or larger chainring too.

You'll then wonder why you're spending £50+ on a set of road tyres for a mountain bike you're effectively converting into an ersatz and very heavy road bike with too low gears and unecessarily heavy and bouncy suspension.

Strongly consider if you should actually sell the mountain bike and buy a proper road bike instead.
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[garignol]

I did consider the selling & buying new option however having looked into it i could only get about £400 for it.

the bike is quite rigid when locked off and weighs about 11kg which i dont imagine is too much heavier than a road bike at the £400 mark.

i'll try the tyres, thanks for your help.

[Seb]

Whilst you're still going to be at a disadvantage to a roadie, the difference road tyres makes is mind blowing. More grip on tarmac, much quieter, smoother etc.
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[Irn-Bru]

I have Schwalbe City Jet's on my GT Aggressor and they are properly mint First time I used them it felt like flying compared to the knobbly tires it came with. I track all my rides with Strava and my average speed went up by about 4mph Just made riding the bike so much nicer, and being able to cruise at a decent speed and overtake loads of people makes it more fun for me.
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[garignol]

They are now on order! Something I just thought I'd check.. I was hoping to get a good psi on the tyre pressure let's say in the 80 psi mark (for no other reason but Road bikes run high psi) but my dt swiss rims are only rated to 4bar /58psi, am I going to still get a good benefit running the kojaks at 50-55psi? Or am I talking bubbles, what psi would you guys recommend?

Cheers

[stinkwheel]

I personally would pump them up to the maximum pressure shown on the side of the tyre.

I can't see pumping your tyres up hard applying any more force to the rim than, say, tightening 36 spokes attached to it to 12Nm, or attaching it to a mountain bike and going down a 4 foot dropoff with a 15 stone rider on board.

Where I could see it being an issue is if you have fenestrated rims, but you wouldn't be fitting road tyres to them if you did.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[FlightRisk]

[garignol]

They are now on! https://s10.postimg.org/wcwyu84js/14362944152131435875649.jpg

Edited to fix broken link. -stinkwheel

[sickpup]