I'm from Austria, which is quite close to the official C&C Paradise of the World [1]. This leads to me owning 3 different kinds of Swiss Army Knifes made by Victorinox™. Unfortunately none of those is nearly as ridiculous as your Uber Knife meaning I'm screwed. Damn it. But thanks for the reply anyways.Man, I live currently in Switzerland. Victorinox is where it's at!
Because MacGyver, ya know!
Sidewall is, wow. Maybe it'll be called "Flaming Knobs?"
Will this be a SG equivalent between EXO and 2Ply?
some goober posted a picture of it two pages ago. complete conjecture confirms It is their first step into what I like to call a "28+/-.5" tire. Designed around 2015's version of the Doublewide, which is why it is so hot, they had to put flames on it.
That's what it seems to be. Will be cool if it delivers.
So I got some new tires for my trail bike and was wondering if anyone noticed this with their Ardents.
Before switching to these newer Ardents, I was using 2.4 3c compound DH Ardents and other than the weight, they always seemed to do the job. I had zero flat tires on my trail bike over the 4 years of using those tires and only 1 flat tire on my downhill bike, which used the exact same tire except in 2.6 sizing.
Today was my first ride on the new Ardents that I picked up; these one still in 2.4 sizing, but with the EXO casing and what I think is the 70a compound (no clue really, Maxxis' packaging is pretty crappy and their site doesn't help)?
After mounting the tires, the first thing I noticed was how round the tire profile is. I don't remember is being like that on the previous tires? The little transition knobs seem huge now, also something that stuck out. Did they change this tire over time?
Granted, I had these tires pumped up pretty hard, but the lack of grip was a little unnerving on the trail in some sections today. Before, I would just plow right over the roots/rocks that criss crossed most of the trail. Today I tried that and the back wheel seemed to be sliding everywhere.
Here is a profile picture of the tread. Didn't the diamond shaped transition knobs used to be a lot smaller?
One good thing about these tires is that they no longer have that green Ninja Turtle font. The little bit of a drop in weight from those previous DH Ardents was slightly noticeable too.
So that's the problem, eh?
Word, didn't know they even had a new version. Unfortunately I was looking at (and currently using) the older version as chain reaction is blowing them out. My guess is they're not a great tubeless choice even new, and perhaps Conti addressed that with the new model (i.e. listed old weight is 800 grams and new weight is 980 grams). Although at 980 grams I'm inclined to stay with my previous tire - Michy Wild Rock'r2, which despite the unfortunate name, is a ripping tire.
I rode my wild rock r twice and decided for that weight and rolling resistance I'd just stick with the MM for teh supra-grips. Delightful tire.
Wondering that too... I'd like a 2.35 dhf
You mean the graphene (rhyme not intended)? However they make it is beyond what I've looked into, but it's a single layer of honeycomb bonded carbon atoms. Idk if that's worth it in a tire or not. Only actual testing would tell, so my only nod towards them was that they've done good thing in another area so it will be nice to see if they actually manage to do the same for DH/AM purposes also.
gaddamit... I just received my schwalbe rock razor last week. oh well, I'll give this one a try when that one wears out.That's just ground up pencils right?
In other news:
Interesting! Didn't think they'd do that for 26", might have to try that out. I've been running Butcher Grid 2.3 front/rear for trail, and been liking it, but wanted to try that Slaughter since they first released it.In other news:
I did, woocutting the lateral knobs for the better channel thingy. Ran fine in the Argentinian precordilleran gnar.
What's wrong with a single ply DHF? they're all I run on the front all year round on my hardtail and short travel bike.
