Non-Knobby Tire recommendation 26" x 3"
Posted by ChrisTrotterCO@reddit | ebikes | View on Reddit | 3 comments
Hi guys, I am looking to get a Segway Xafari, I am not posting about Bike choice, asking about a tire for that bike. Please stick to topic of tire.
As Hybrid Fat Tires 26" X 3" is often lumped in with fat tires and most people don't want fat tire bikes for pavement or hardpacked gravel dirt. I will be spending 70% of my time on paved trails and the other 30% or so on hard packed gravel. Knobby tires are not at all what I am looking for. I prefer a good gravel set of tires that has a good center strip for pavement for reduced rolling drag and then pushing the grip sections to the outer sections of the tire.

Something like the pattern from these Specialized Pathfinder Pro Gravel tries. Plenty of options sub 3.0" and even ones in 3.5 and 4.0. But for 3.0 its either slicks or knobbies.
Ok-Juggernaut-2179@reddit
Yeah I have the xafari and haven’t changed the tires
Ok-Juggernaut-2179@reddit
Hey, where did you end up choosing?
ChrisTrotterCO@reddit (OP)
I ended up getting rid of the hybrid tire size bike and I went with a bike I could get those Specialized Pathfinder Pro Gravel tries. I LOVE them. But that 26x3 format is just hell to find good tires.