Quote Originally Posted by tjf9 View Post
Can you get a set of tires that can do both? I'm looking for narrower tires because I'm so slow on the ones that came stock on my bike (the bike's a Redline - not sure what the tire brand is off hand). Knobbier/wider might be good when it gets really muddy, but in the early season it seems like I could go with a less knobby tire and go a little faster (and hopefully not be last!).

But I've never done this before, so don't take advice from me!
Well, I've really gotten into road riding...

I bought a cross bike because of the flexibility of being able to go off road, but I've done almost all road since I got skinny road tires (and plan to continue group road rides through the 'cross season). I want a road bike, but don't have the $ yet. So, the temp solution is different wheels because changing tires multiple times a week sounds like a real pain in the rear.

When I put the skinny tires on my 'cross bike, I picked up about 4 mph on my average speed and was actually able to hang with people on group rides. I highly recommend trying it.