Can You Put Mountain Bike Tires On A Road Bike

Suspension mountain bikes are built to absorb impact from rocks roots and the terrain.

Can you put mountain bike tires on a road bike. 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. 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. 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. To make your mountain bike better for riding on the road you need to reduce the factors that make your bike suitable off road.

Putting wider tires on your mountain bike. Suspension tires gearing and position. If you have 27 5 mountain bike wheels and you want to put some slick road tires on them you can do it. 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.

The idea stemmed from local pro racer brian schworm. In today s video i will show you the conversion that i did to make my favorite bike my off road and on road bike.