Are you familiar with mountain bike tires? Mountain bikes have high demands for tires.
Bicycles designed for off-road use (hills, trails, wilderness, and sandy gravel roads, etc.) are called mountain bikes.
Increasingly, young people enjoy riding mountain bikes for excursions and cross-country, making it a healthy and fashionable sport.
Take a look at some mountain bike tires to learn about their characteristics.
First, let’s talk about the construction of the tire.
The open outer tire of a bicycle is a woven mesh cover that forms the body of the tire.
A layer of tire skin is applied to give wear when rolling, and two lips are buried to hold the tire to the wheel frame.
The tire’s main structure is formed by this. Tires on bicycles are thin, which makes them susceptible to punctures and cuts.
Consequently, most of them will add a blast layer between the tire skin and the mesh cover to increase the tire’s strength.
In every case where there is a large vehicle accident involving a flat tire, the topic of regenerative tires will always be discussed.
Typically, regenerative tires remove the worn-out tire skin from the carcass and reapply a fresh layer of tire skin.
In actuality, the tire is this way, so don’t worry about it being unreliable.
Tire characteristics
In terms of tire characteristics, they can be divided into four categories:
- rolling resistance
- grip, road feel
- wear resistance
- explosion protection
- weight
Additionally, power transmission and manufacturing quality are often overlooked characteristics.
In the following sections, these characteristics are discussed in more general terms.
Rolling resistance
As soon as the wheel starts rolling, you’d want it to maintain its speed and not slow down. However, because of wind resistance and other drag, this is impossible.
In general, the lower the rolling resistance of the tires, the easier it is to maintain speed.
In other words, you will accelerate the same force that you use to pedal without having to increase it.
Therefore, the lower the rolling resistance, the better.