well, if you are lazy to read on, recommend me some tires which have nice square profiles. (i am using 823 rims)
anyways, as some of you might know, i am a tire whore. i was riding last week with a mate, and we switched bikes, his bike using 2.35 minions which had a nice square profile, my bike using comp 24's. it was muddy, but both tires weren't shedding mud but once you get the minions on the the side knobs they bite!! the 24's just plain weren't working. (i dont blame them, i am just too lazy to change tires at the moment)
i already knew this subconsciously, but its just one of those things where it suddenly hits you and a light bulb goes off.
also lee on leelikesbikes.com wrote an article on it a while back too. round profile tires are more drifty, but give way slowly. square tires dig in, but when they give way they get a bit sketch.
one of my favorite tires are cut down wet screams, in the wet and dry, i can lean them down much further then with any other tire. (well maybe barracuda's in dry conditions come close) they just dig in!! and i realized that they have a very square profile.
besides the other option of changing to heavy wide rims. what tires can you recommend i try?
here is the list of tires that i have used (and continue to use):
maxxis:
high roller 2.5 ust
minion 2.5 ust (both have very round profiles, wish they were not now)
wet scream 2.5 ust (full length knobs)
wet scream 2.5 (cut down)
michelin:
comp 24 2.2
comp 16 2.2
hutchinson:
barracuda 2.5 (really want to get a 2.3 now)
intense:
dh fro 2.35
anyways, as some of you might know, i am a tire whore. i was riding last week with a mate, and we switched bikes, his bike using 2.35 minions which had a nice square profile, my bike using comp 24's. it was muddy, but both tires weren't shedding mud but once you get the minions on the the side knobs they bite!! the 24's just plain weren't working. (i dont blame them, i am just too lazy to change tires at the moment)
i already knew this subconsciously, but its just one of those things where it suddenly hits you and a light bulb goes off.
also lee on leelikesbikes.com wrote an article on it a while back too. round profile tires are more drifty, but give way slowly. square tires dig in, but when they give way they get a bit sketch.
one of my favorite tires are cut down wet screams, in the wet and dry, i can lean them down much further then with any other tire. (well maybe barracuda's in dry conditions come close) they just dig in!! and i realized that they have a very square profile.
besides the other option of changing to heavy wide rims. what tires can you recommend i try?
here is the list of tires that i have used (and continue to use):
maxxis:
high roller 2.5 ust
minion 2.5 ust (both have very round profiles, wish they were not now)
wet scream 2.5 ust (full length knobs)
wet scream 2.5 (cut down)
michelin:
comp 24 2.2
comp 16 2.2
hutchinson:
barracuda 2.5 (really want to get a 2.3 now)
intense:
dh fro 2.35