| Mountain bike tires and what to know about them | | | | mountain bike form, has been around for decades and |
| become important whenever someone has decided to | | | | every person who has ever owned a bike can |
| spend some money on a mountain-bike. This might be | | | | remember a time when they had to get the tire off |
| because they are thinking of doing much of their own | | | | the wheel to fix a puncture in the innertube. |
| tire changing, flat repairing or other maintenance on the | | | | Mountain bike tires are also distinguished by their sturdy |
| bike rather than spending the money at a bike store, | | | | build and extreme durability. Their outer treads are |
| which could be a good idea in this-fiscally challenging | | | | knobby and designed to help the mountain-bike and the |
| era we find ourselves in. | | | | cyclist get up and down the toughest of mountain trails |
| For purposes of comparison, it is important to know a | | | | or off-road paths. Road bike tires, by contrast, are |
| few differences between a mountain bike tire and a | | | | smooth in nature, light in weight and generally very slim |
| road bike tire, in addition to the bicycles themselves. | | | | or thin. They cannot be used on a mountain bike just |
| Road bike tires and wheels come in two general | | | | as a mountain-bike tire cannot be used on a road bike. |
| types; what are called "tubulars" and the more | | | | As a matter of popularity, mountain bikes are generally |
| traditional and common clincher tire and wheel set up. | | | | sold in greater numbers than road bikes. Usually, the |
| Tubular tires are nothing more than a tire and innertube | | | | most predominant reason is because a mountain-bike |
| joined together and that are glued onto a bike wheel. | | | | can be ridden on the roads in addition to being suitable |
| Clincher tires and wheels -- which are extremely | | | | for off-road purposes but a road bike cannot. This is |
| common to both road bikes and mountain bikes (which | | | | why mountain bike tires and what they do and how |
| do not use tubulars) -- are classic examples of the tire | | | | they look could be important to know when deciding |
| and the innertube. A clincher tire, either in road bike or | | | | between a road bike and a mountain-bike. |