Stability?
Like they kept steering off the trail with the first versions?
Like they kept steering off the trail with the first versions?
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Knowing some of those guys I'm sure it still happens, just a little less often.Stability?
Like they kept steering off the trail with the first versions?
Full ack! Had my first ride on it this weekend mounted out front. Reminded me on ye good ol' C16 days.(...)
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The e13 looks like its brother.
I also really like its casing which is quite more stable than EXO. To my personal surprise it was a really easy to mount tubeless too, one try one hit.
Has anybody tried it on the rear wheel?
I run them front and rear. I've put a ton of miles on them and they are pretty much my favorite tire.
Yes.
Fine
There's a reason I call it the greatest TREAD ever, and not the greatest tire. I've split one on the rear (heh).
I wish they were lighter for my trail bike and I wish they were bigger and sturdier for my dh bike.
Mostly I just wish there were way more versions of it.
I wish they were lighter for my trail bike and I wish they were bigger and sturdier for my dh bike.
Mostly I just wish there were way more versions of it.
Kinda the way I feel too. I'd like a slightly lighter duty casing that weighed 150g or so less.
WTB should take a play from their own playbook and dress the Vigilante tire in the rubber from the Trailblazer. Support is great. On-center feel is terrific. The FR version wore quicker than greased owl poop.
I have a Trailblazer for a year now on a Karate Monkey, well over 750miles of road and trail, still looks fresh.
I have a Trailblazer for a year now on a Karate Monkey, well over 750miles of road and trail, still looks fresh.
What I heard when reading that post: Zane should really fall back on the soul of One Direction. The synth pop sounds from that era revolutionized what we all thought was possible. Dancibility was fantastic while maintaining true integrity as an artist. I had Up all Night and and listened to it exclusively for 9 months and it still sounds fresh.
Just hoping for whatever Trailblazer rubber is left over once made can be scooped up, packed down, replace the rubber on Vigilante.
Got turned onto Reverend Gary Davis yesterday Woo, no need for synth-stuff right now.
not sure if it's been mentioned...
Minion Semi Slick
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/maxxis-minion-ss-tire-review-2015.html
Minion Semi Slick
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/maxxis-minion-ss-tire-review-2015.html
not to change the subject from more minion love, but
I have conti der kaisers
Traction is OK
but pinch flatting. jesus.
I have conti der kaisers
Traction is OK
but pinch flatting. jesus.
I want to try those too, but moar options are never a bad thing. Now if the Specialized shop that's just down the street from my place would just carry the damn things...
I also don't get your deal on dirt packup. I've still got one of the Michelin BestRockrTreadAwesomeSauceOfAllTimes on the front of the MT, and even in the shitty weather we've been having, they clear okay. I guess I'm riding in stuff that's kinda loamy, so it's not like it's peanut butter clay shit, but so far so good.
As long as I'm not in the desert, our dirt is pretty pack free here too until it gets to the mud puddle slime stage. I've just ridden some places up by you that did pack up some things like a regular dhf pretty badly.
I would be more willing to run one of those minion ss tires as a front though.
It happens now and then, but it's definitely exception rather than the rule. Ideally I'm off skiing when riding conditions suck that much anyway.
I don't ski.
I live in a very low snow enviroment with limited skiing potential. Lake tahoe is really more of a year round biking destination now.
I live in a very low snow enviroment with limited skiing potential. Lake tahoe is really more of a year round biking destination now.
Try the Mavic Charge 2.4, pretty damn impressive front tyre... wouldn't run it on the rear though unless you want to buy a new tyre after every 3 rides, too soft a compound for a rear.
I should be super excited about this news but FFS Maxxis! for the 26" version just dust the cobwebs off your old Bling Bling moulds and change that Lopes logo to whoever the hell is currently most #Enduro on instagram.
Don't get me wrong I'm still glad there's another fast rolling anti-dirtpackTM drift n rail tyre alternative on the horizon but that centre tread won't actually work better than Blings for what I'm after. (including anti-dirtpackTM)
Just ordered a set of Wildrockr2s for the nomad and looking forward to checking them out.
The cornering knobs on my Magic Mary are torn 2/3rds thru and the rock razor rear casing is leaking stans from at least a dozen spots on the tread and sidewalls.
Will be nice to have a substantial casing again.
The cornering knobs on my Magic Mary are torn 2/3rds thru and the rock razor rear casing is leaking stans from at least a dozen spots on the tread and sidewalls.
Will be nice to have a substantial casing again.
thanks! What width rims you running them on??
Just 24.5, nothing overly wide... Have a handful of trail rides on them, so far I'm a fan. Been able to ride it at 23 psi w/o squirm (250lbs). How do you like them?
I haven't tried that on a Shorty, but a similar cut worked well for me on a Vigilante. Although, instead of ramping the center knobs, I just cut the height down. The one thing I'd watch out for would be cutting the knobs low enough where you started engaging the side knobs on flat ground.
Maxxis Aggressor tested over at Vital. It even features a shout to the one and only Woo...
Der Kaiser or Nevegal? Discuss.
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Heh. Kinda funny considering that review I did wasn't on vital.
That tire looks pretty good. I imagine it would pack up something awful in certain kinds of dirt. I kinda wish the sideknobs were a little more stout. Pretty decent layout overall though.
Picked up a set of WTB Warden's from here: http://www.pricepoint.com/Brand/WTB/WTB-Warden-Team-Issue-TCS-26x2-3-Tire.axd
Weather has been absolutely brutal up here in the PNW lately, so for $29/per it was worth a shot. Will hopefully get some legit DH shuttle runs in this weekend so I'll report back when that happens.
I did trim the rounded pyramid off the center treads.