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Replacing bike wheels? |
I have 26" wheels on my mountain bike. Can I put 700c wheels on instead? save yourself some money, keep your 26" wheels and get yourself a set of city slick tires! they come in different sizes and will give you very low rolling resistance. you can pick up a set on ebay for next to nothing! just go into mtn. bikes@ parts, choose parts @ accessories then click on tubes @ tires and punch in city slicks. these tires will make your mtn. bike feel like a road bike but with the added feature of being able to switch back any time should you want to do some off road riding! and yes these tires are designed for 26" mtn,bike rims plus they will save you the brake allignment issues. Yes you can. But personally I see no purpose in that. 700c wheels are for road bikes. Why put a 700c tire on Mountain Bike frame? It is pretty unlikely you can make 700c wheels fit your mountain bike. Even though a 700c rim is slightly smaller than an old 27" rim, it is way bigger than a 26" rim. This is because, for reasons unknown to me, bicycle wheels are measured to the outside diameters of the mounted tire! A 700c rim usually has a little skinny road tire and needs to be large in diameter. A 26" wheel typically has a big mountain bike tire mounted, thus the rim is much smaller in diameter. So, if you have rim brakes, the pads will not contact the rims and it is doubtful there is enough adjustment to make them fit. Furthermore, there is always the pesky problem of wheel width. Not all wheels are made to the same width. Thus, there is a good chance your 700c wheels will not fit between your mountain bike's dropouts. For your information, many mountain bikes are now being made based on 700c rims. They are typically referred to as 29ers. (Again, the wheel is measured to the outer diameter of the large volume mountain bike tire.) If you go to a store that carries 29ers, you'll note the wheels are huge in comparision to a mountain bike with 26" wheels. Or you can check out the picture on the following link: http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=t... If your ultimate goal is to ride you mountain bike on the road with low rolling resistance tires, you don't need to mount road bike wheels. Several tire companies make road type tires for mountain bike wheels. These will roll quite nicely on the road. I'd go ask your local bike shop what they have. Something to be aware of, though, is that not all 26" rims are the same diameter! (Big surprise there, right.) 26" rims for mountain bikes will have tires labeled in a decimal widths like: 1.95, 2.0, 2.1, 2.25, etc. There are also 26" rims that mount tires in fractional widths like 2 and 1/4, or 1 and 3/4. These wheels have a completely different size rim and the tires are not interchangable. So, before you go buy tires, check the measurements of your current tires. Hope this helps you out. Yes, you might be able to do that. I have three friends that have done it on their rides without problems. It'll depend a little on the rims and brakes you have. If your brake pads won't raise up enough you'll be stuck. Also, this shouldn't be a problem, but you'll need to be sure that you have tire clearance above the new setup. Honestly, it's easier to just buy some skinnies for the mountain bike and use those, as long as you don't mind changing tires back and forth. Lots of mfrs offer thin tires in 26" ranging below 1.75". Wilderness Trail Bikes has some 1-3/8" ones I know. Also, an option would be a knobby cyclocross tire.....those are thin, but with tread. Ask to see the distributor catalog at your local bike shop if they don't have skinny 26" tires in stock. Every shop can order them and there are lots to choose from! I agree with the answers saying to get narrow street tires for you bike. 1. It's WAY cheaper. 2. It's WAY easier 3. They will work great. 4. 700 would probably not fit. I have trail wheels with knobbies and a set of wheels for the road set up like this. I use my road bike on good pavement and the MTB street set on the for riding the neighborhood and bad/dirt roads. I use 1.5, 85lb pressure tires. No. no, they wont fit. there are road tires for 26, with everything from slicks to super knobbies. Brakes wont align |
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