Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois
He will go a LOT faster if he has slick tires. Does that help???

If he does ride on dirt, he won't want slicks, though. The idea of having 2 sets of tires is good, but boy what a pain that would be every time you wanted to do a different ride. Are you riding your MTB only on the road?? If so, then you really should switch out the tires. Best thing - switch them out and then ride with him and he can see how much easier it is for you to ride!! You may need to be the trend setter here.
The more I listen to him as we're riding, I think his objection to me putting slicks on my bike (or getting a roadie) is that he doesn't want ME to go faster!

He likes the idea of dirt riding, and claims to be "putting up with" riding on the roads until I get strong enough to ride on dirt and like it. I'm pretty sure it ain't gonna happen! Hmmmm, let's see. Tomorrow's booked, Wednesday, hopefully I can get out for part of the day -- or Thursday's my next opportunity to go off and get into more bike shop mischief!

Can't believe how "timid" I've been about this upgrade -- I did my gloves, shoes, and seat all on my own, no checking with him, no waiting for him to come along to the shop.... Hands hurt, get gloves, feet hurt, get shoes, butt hurts, get seat -- you'd think I could just dive right in on these tires!

Yup, I think I'm done waiting on his okay -- I'll just get out the old trek bike for the dirt if I HAVE to....

Karen in Boise