mtn bike newbie question pt2

Stewart Campbell

2012-03-20

Great responces on my first post. so let me put out 2 other questions.

1. regarding tires again, it sounds like 2.1 works for me and people have mentioned tread spacing. Can y'all send me some make and model recommendations so I can look at pics to really get an idea of tread spacing for the varios trail conditions.

2. crank arm leangth? I'm 5'9", 30" inseam, 32"? standover, size 42.5 shoe. For raod I ride with a 170mm arm leangth. but I heard that for mtn you need more leverage so go with longer arms? So like 172.5 or even 175 for me?

3. camel back vs water bottles. I know weird question but last time I rode mtn bike the camel back haden't even been invented yet.

Thanks.