Can You Put Mountain Bike Tires On A Road Bike
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Can you put mountain bike tires on a road bike. Suspension tires gearing and position. Although you may never be able to convert a regular mountain bike into a full fledged fat tire mountain bike you can increase the width of your tires to some extent. Suspension mountain bikes are built to absorb impact from rocks roots and the terrain. You can t just take a mountain bike wheel and put it on a road bike and vice versa the brake mounts and what not have to match up this has been discussed a few times on these forums whcih you can find with search which is difficult if they re running different sizes.
If you have 27 5 mountain bike wheels and you want to put some slick road tires on them you can do it. Putting wider tires on your mountain bike. So i was wondering if i could put wider tires on my mountain bike to be more like the fat tire mountain bike i have been riding all winter. Mountain bike rims are much wider to accommodate the wider tires of mountain bikes so most road bikes narrow frames won t work with wide mountain bike tires or wheels but some frame designs may be compatible.
Most road bikes have larger diameter handlebars than mountain bikes. The idea stemmed from local pro racer brian schworm.