| Mountain bike tires, their characteristics and how to | | | | clincher is nothing more than a tire and an inner tube |
| avoid flats becomes important when the time has | | | | that is put onto a bicycle wheel. It is held onto the |
| come to buy a mountain bike and then begin riding it. | | | | wheel through means of a bead that runs along the |
| It is usually a given that many people eventually give | | | | rim of the tire, basically. |
| up riding bikes due to their aggravation over flats | | | | It is a sure thing that many people who had bicycles |
| than for any other single reason. It does not have to | | | | as kids have memories of having to get such tires |
| be this way, though, and knowing just a bit about | | | | off of the wheels in order to get at the inner tubes |
| basic bicycle maintenance and repair can help fix the | | | | that had been punctured due to some object, or |
| problem. | | | | when the tire and wheel was banged up against a |
| One should know -- first of all -- that tires made for | | | | curb, for example. When properly inflated, a clincher |
| mountain bikes are very different than those that | | | | wheel and tire set up can be very durable and |
| one will see on the typical road bike. For those who | | | | resistant to flats. |
| do not know the difference, a road bike tire is usually | | | | This is what is most important about most any |
| very thin, is inflated to high pressures and goes on a | | | | bicycle tire, including mountain bike tires. Keep them |
| bike that is much lighter than what one will find in a | | | | properly inflated, check the outer treads of the tires |
| mountain bike version. However, mountain bikes and | | | | for any embedded glass or other objects -- taking |
| their tires are much more durable than the typical | | | | care to remove them if found -- and always treat |
| road bike tires is. | | | | the bike and the tires with respect. If properly |
| Generally speaking, mountain bicycles tires come only | | | | maintained and safely ridden, just about any bicycle |
| in what are called "clincher tires". Though most people | | | | can deliver a lot of utility and no small amount of |
| would not know the meaning of the term -- at least | | | | enjoyment. |
| until they become more familiar with bicycles -- a | | | | |