I have a few Muscle bikes that need some cool tires, just can't seem to find anything that's not either a Duro Slick (I dislike those, there to small, as in there not really 20x2.125) Or $100 plus NOS tires from the 60s.
If you want a fat slick/semi-slick with cool details, it is tough to beat the BMX world for that kinda thing. Personally, I think the Cult Vans tires, with their inverted tread and available colour options (red-line w/whitewall, checkerboard stripes, in gum, black, or puke green colourways) would make some rad musclebike tires; last I heard, Smoopy´s could hook you up with those... not sure what you´d run up front, if you´re the matchy-matchy type.... but i don´t think the musclebike world is big into the matchy-matchy thing...
I got a set of 26"with black tread, redlines, and whitewall.... they look incredibly delicious.
That looks like the aformentioned Duro tire - 2.125 style tall sidewall but more of a 1.75 width. ( and at 34.00 WAY expensive, you can get those from Niagara Cycle for like 13.00 last ones I bought ).
I looked for a new slick tire a year or so ago as I was building a bike in the Philippines. I still can't find any new slicks that are like the ones from the 60's. I had to settle for a tractor type tread to find a wide tire that looked like a slick.
I wonder why one of the tire companies doesn't make them, I know it would sell.
Ie got some Schwalbe 26 with barely any tread, and some 700x45c Spesh tires that are truly slick/bald/etc.... doesn´t mean the regs don´t exist, but some companies have gotten away with flouting the regs a bit. Somebody oughta try it with 20, though.
In the meantime, those Wise/Alula tires that @Smoopy's posted look the part, with that minimalist but awesome tread, and the white letters on the sidewall. I always thought the Tioga Powerblocks had muscle-y good looks, for similar reasons.
Available in sizes.... 20 x 1.4, 1.6, 1.75, and 2.1... as well as 24"and 26"versions
Tioga also makes a front-specific tire called the PowerBand, with similar aesthetics but i think it´s a little bit slicker...
I looked for a new slick tire a year or so ago as I was building a bike in the Philippines. I still can't find any new slicks that are like the ones from the 60's. I had to settle for a tractor type tread to find a wide tire that looked like a slick. View attachment 59355
I wonder why one of the tire companies doesn't make them, I know it would sell.
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Thanks guys for all the input, found one of these Odyssey BMX tires in 20x 3.00 for $30 locally, I dig it way more muscly vibe then the Duro slick that was on it before. And with the Kenda tractor tread Tire up front it reminds me of the old drag cars from the 50s.
Check out Cult Dehart, Cult Vans, and Fit FAF. All are new school bmx tires, they dont have the squared off look of an old slick but are available in 2.0 - 2.4 with colors, or colored sidewalls.
New high pressure high performance tire.
Ive got a duro slick, looks ok, looks small, not a great tire.
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