Thu, 08 Jan 1998 18:36:44 +0100 - Message No. 1869
From: Jorn Ronnow

Subject: Re: Street tyres on AT


At 14:06 98-01-08 +0200, Ari wrote:
>I just checked the old postings but could not find anything about
>mounting normal street tyres on AT. Anyone tried that?
>
>When you drive mostly on asphalt I think it would be nicer to have
>smoother tyre face instead of more or less coarse enduro face.

Michelin T-66 is a street tyre in offroad dimensions. Metzeler and Pirelli
have similar tyres.

>In Finland there are no approval problems with authorities (like in
>Germany) when changing tyre type so there remains only one problem:
>is it possible to mount the tubeless street tyre on spoke rim? 

It's possible, but you need a tube anyway. But beware if you need to repair
a puncture yourself: tubeless tyres are much harder to remove from the rim.

But why ride so much asphalt when you live in the paradise of long,
wonderful gravel roads? :-)

Keep sliding
-Jorn


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