http://www.choosemybicycle.com/in/en...Specifications
http://www.choosemybicycle.com/in/en...Specifications
http://www.choosemybicycle.com/in/en...Specifications
I don't understand these tyre types.
Which should be selected for what reason?

Mate, it depends on what you want, it is like wine. Many check the colour they smell they this and that.

My thinking is taste it, if you like it drink it.

So pick the colour you like and go for it, those are all pretty darn nice bikes. I really like the black one.

But the tires all sound like the same thing with marketing talk. The fatter tyre would be better on rough roads or sand, thin racing style tyres for speed on well maintained roads.

India is probably like back home for me and considering general purpose.. the tyres on those bikes will all do a good job.

The cantilever brakes on the hero are more difficult to maintain on dusty roads compared to the V brakes on the hercules models.

OK

I can't speak to the type of tires listed in the link, but I can state unequivocally that the best tires I have ever had are UniRoyal Tiger Paws. They came stock on my truck and lasted for over 60,000 miles. I liked them so much that I had my local tire place special-order new ones when the stock tires needed to be replaced (they are OEM tires and not generally available as after-market, at least in the USA.)

So, whatever type they are, that's the type I would recommend, at least for normal highway driving.

Good luck getting them tiger paws on. I am sure the bicycle will rust before they are worn out. Lol

But yes they look ok for their intended purpose

I'd go for: http://www.amazon.com/Mongoose-Massi.../dp/B00J5JI8KG
http://www.bicycling.com/mountainbik...gear/wide-load

Whoops! My lack of reading comprehension strikes again.

Thanks for the correction, ericson007.

Actually talking about the tiger paw tires, uniroyal is actually run by continental, so you are essentially getting a continental tyre.

And I thought everybody was owned by Pepsico!

It's still a good tire.

Nothing wrong with continentals either

...with the added note that part of the grip a "fat" tyre provides comes from lugs and voids in the treading but also the flexibility of a thin sidewall. The amount of pressure also regulates grip. (Two bar may be OK in the field with a Speed King or Explorer but I definitely keep my TravelContacts at about four: speed over comfort ;-p)


BTW, unless you sorely need it I'd rather go for a bike that doesn't have any suspension: dampening just "wastes" energy on ride comfort. And maybe it's too expensive for your taste but precision and safety-wise I only use disk brakes anymore.

on really rough trails that dampening also keeps the wheels in contact with the ground it matters most riding sideways on hill sides or on trails with tree litter on them

I love my disk brakes and suspension the bike stops so fast it's a problem staying on it

unlike rubber pad brakes disk brakes work just as well wet as dry they just get loud when wet

Speaking of disk brakes I've been wanting to retrofit mountainboard brakes to my longboard a chainsaw motor would be sweet too!

Living in the desert. My 10 dollar custom bicycles tricked out by me run solid tubed tires because you will be riding flat in a few feet. GoatHead thorn grass is rampant out here.

It makes for a hard ride.

They charge too much for snow chains around here; always thought small screws through an old tread and maybe some metal tape and silicone, over what your talking about could be cool.