Replacement tyres wanted.

[the202]

@zoros My situation is somewhat similar. I ride single-track on the weekends and asphalt during the week. My approach was to outfit a complete second set of wheels to allow for an effortless swap. More to your question, though, I went with Maxxis Hookworms. Although I’m not a fan of Maxxis customer support, the tires have been remarkable. They’re essentially an urban/BMX tire and are very fast-rolling, surprisingly quiet, and quite grippy. The appeal for me is that they’re wide (2.5”), so they don’t look out of place, and I was able to size them in 27.5 and 29 (I have a mullet).

Having said that, these work fine on rudimentary gravel and dirt but that's the exception, not the rule – they're meant for road. If I had to pick something that could do mostly tarmac but also an occasional off-road jaunt, I'd stick to a low rolling resistance, knobby-ish style tire as others have recommended.

 

[Montana St Alum]

On all of my current tire/rim combos, it's the rims that limit pressure.

 

[The Hodge]

The Hodge - don't leave me hanging!
What would you suggest (no hard tails please).
Z

I've absolutely no idea..I don't do your kind of riding ..but don't understand why you want a "heavy" ebike ..so I'll refer you to my original reply further up the page ..

 

[zoros]

The 202. Interesting. I'll look those tyres up.
Nice bike - what is it?

The Hodge- i wouldnt say its heavy? About average i'd say especially with a 750 battery.
The motor compensates (@85nm) anyway.
Z

 

[the202]

The 202. Interesting. I'll look those tyres up.
Nice bike - what is it?

The Hodge- i wouldnt say its heavy? About average i'd say especially with a 750 battery.
The motor compensates (@85nm) anyway.
Z

@zoros I'm riding a '23 Specialized Turbo Levo Alloy.

 

[zoros]

 

[Polar]

@zoros My situation is somewhat similar. I ride single-track on the weekends and asphalt during the week. My approach was to outfit a complete second set of wheels to allow for an effortless swap. More to your question, though, I went with Maxxis Hookworms. Although I’m not a fan of Maxxis customer support, the tires have been remarkable. They’re essentially an urban/BMX tire and are very fast-rolling, surprisingly quiet, and quite grippy. The appeal for me is that they’re wide (2.5”), so they don’t look out of place, and I was able to size them in 27.5 and 29 (I have a mullet).

Having said that, these work fine on rudimentary gravel and dirt but that's the exception, not the rule – they're meant for road. If I had to pick something that could do mostly tarmac but also an occasional off-road jaunt, I'd stick to a low rolling resistance, knobby-ish style tire as others have recommended.

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I also ride a lot of asphalt but don't want two set of wheels since I always ride asphalt/XC on the same day.
I'm waiting for my Schwalbe Johnny Watts 365 29/2.60 - 27.5/2.6 to arrive and hope I made the right choice for my type of riding.

 

[Sander23]

I've got nobby nics on my bike, I ride everything from asphalt, gravel , trail rides and some light enduro. They give me enough range to ride all of that.

On asphalt I can flat out 45-50km/h on turbo and do around 45 km with 625 battery and still have 10% of the battery I can't touch because the light function is enabled.

 

[zoros]

How can you use electric assist above 25Km/hr??

 

[Sander23]

How can you use electric assist above 25Km/hr??

Got mine derestricted with a speedchip

 

[zoros]

I spend my life educating peeps that pedelecs require effort and are good exercise because of the “assistance” only, and the speed limit of 25km/h.
Only to find people like you wazzing round the country on a moped!!!
Why don’t you buy a moped or motorbike instead??
I bet your bike isn’t taxed or mot’d either??

 

[Sander23]

You would be surprised on how many people that got rid of the speed limiter.

Who says it's not a good exercise?
I actually only use it at those speeds when riding home from the trails I ride. It requires more effort the just relaxed cruising at 25 km/h.

Why the hell would I get it taxed lol.

 

[zoros]

Ah - just spotted you're not a Brit.
In the UK if your Ebike has electric assist through a throttle (ithout pedalling) or allows electric assist above 25Km/h, then it is deemed a moped and therefore requires:
Road Tax
MoT
Insurance

But don't suggest for one moment that any of the above offers any form of exercise - it doesn't obviously.

 

[ari]

Ah - just spotted you're not a Brit.
In the UK if your Ebike has electric assist through a throttle (ithout pedalling) or allows electric assist above 25Km/h, then it is deemed a moped and therefore requires:
Road Tax
MoT
Insurance

But don't suggest for one moment that any of the above offers any form of exercise - it doesn't obviously.

Its all exercise , i accidentally went into a XC race on 750watt hub drive [basically a Chinese cargo bike with suspension] had a throttle, basically you turn the throttle full on and pedal like hell[no different to removing the throttle and pedaling just the same , obviously i beat everyone but was completely wasted after , more so than my 250 watt mid drive . Yes, i got handed the rule book, DQ and a warning.

 

[zoros]

Now we're scraping the barrel: "chinese cargo bike" .
Best we close this thread, i would suggest?

 

[ari]

Now we're scraping the barrel: "chinese cargo bike" .
Best we close this thread, i would suggest?

Sorry, ebike is an ebike , exercise is exercise , no discrimination please .

 

[zoros]

Update:
Tried to buy the Cube Stereo 120 - but sold out! None left nationally at this price. Serves me right for pontificating!
Instead I bought this:

Lapierre Overvolt AM 5.6 Full Suspension Electric Mountain Bike Gold/Black

<strong>The Lapierre Overvolt AM 5.6 is a true mountain all-rounder: as capable climbing as it is descending.</strong>

www.paulscycles.co.uk

and am I a happy bunny!.
The bike came with front: 29 x 2.5 and the rear: 27.5 x 2.8. Maxxis Assegai and Maxxis Minion.
Dreadful steering lag and the rolling resistance on tarmac was hideous.
Far too big a tyre - passers by thought they were motorbike tyres ):
So I did a straigh swap with the local bike shop for Schwalbe Tough Tom's @ 2.3". Much better profile and look proportionate.
Thanks for all your inputs guys.
Z