Lmfao
New Whip? New toys for the dependable steed?
- Thread starter mykel
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Uh you're aware of
a) how many WCs that tyre has won?
and
b) how friggen awesome those tyres are?
Just checking. Cos those tyre just bloody work. If they fucked up the design they accidentally created one of the most winning tyres ever
jUsT tHiNk hOw mUcH fAstEr tHey WoUlD hAvE bEen oN gOod tIrEs!!!
uh, you're aware of what I've actually been saying?
good to know all that marketing works. I get confused, are we on the phase where WC racers have nothing to do with us because they're on a different planet, or WC racers are relevant to us agan because we can buy their tires? It keeps changing.
Can I start the conversation about angled sidewalks serving as dh tracks on the world cup circuit now?
You can't talk shit on that one because sam hill said the same thing years ago. He's won world cups so he's gotta be right. Plus he's austrailian.
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One of us in this thread has helped design and improve existing tires. Ones that have 'won' world cups.
Guess which one.
Walking into a bike shop must be a magical mystical experience for you when you have no idea what you're looking at and just have to trust the genius of the next product cycle.
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which tyre?
DHR2 and HR2
I'll never tyre of making fun of how much you seem to genuinely give a shit about a variation on what was already going on all over the planet.
Those were both designed by the last good tire guy maxxis had years ago. I just worked on after the fact improvements with him (like thicker sideknobs on the HR2). He did the layouts. Worst thing maxxis did was let that guy go after he came up with the first two useable tires in years out of maxxis. He asked for a well justified raise and they wouldn't give it to him. Everything since has been pretty meh.
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about that.....
My God I realized I hadn't poked at you today (@kidwoo) so I ordered more...new pics of more tires are more fun then older pics of new tires..
(Already ordered for Enduro, went tacky rear and mm front)
Cause I care ...and I'm compassionate, and I have understanding...oh that's right , I don't, I'm not, and I would love stupid people to suffocate at night cause they are too stupid to breath. Plus they are taking up space and getting in my way all the time..
(Already ordered for Enduro, went tacky rear and mm front)
Cause I care ...and I'm compassionate, and I have understanding...oh that's right , I don't, I'm not, and I would love stupid people to suffocate at night cause they are too stupid to breath. Plus they are taking up space and getting in my way all the time..
@kidwoo like we chatted I will also flip it later just because I am curious...see about the edge bite and not worry about the braking edge...I'll snip if needed...
I do see what your saying but I also know there's more than 1 variable that's synergistic with design that may be why they hook up as well as they do..but messing with stuff is cool too....
I do see what your saying but I also know there's more than 1 variable that's synergistic with design that may be why they hook up as well as they do..but messing with stuff is cool too....
Lmao ...short and witty...oh and the comment is funny too..
You have to agree lol...tapped a guy on his shoulder he and his wife who cut line at the grocery store today...tried to tell me he was sorry but obvious he knew...
Told him I didn't care of he was sorry don't care for excuses...
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Sure, pookie, sure.
rideit walking into a shop and seeing an entire wall of tires with names he's never seen before
Oh lordy I have a lot to catch up on. BRB going to drink about 8 beers and wade in.
Hey man, I’m old, I’m still rocking Farmer John’s and Farmer John’s Cousins.rideit walking into a shop and seeing an entire wall of tires with names he's never seen before
I quit tring new things around the Smoke and the Dart.
It’s a shame that I never leave my house, I just ride BMX Video games, what the fuck could I possibly know about tires?
based on your experience I'm all ears learning about how tires on commercial passenger airplanes work
On a treadmill, or on the water?
Do it in a vat of jello for all I care. Demonstrate your vast knowledge of how tires work. You scoffed at the notion that you wouldn't possess this so go.
Ok, sure
Some go faster than others, some are stiffer than others, some are more supple than others, some suck, some are great for a specific individual and/or conditions, as well as the inverse.
See?
How hard was that?
I know all of this because I have been riding my whole life, in every kind of conditions.
in other words, street knowledge from riding as many as I can try, and basically not liking 90% of them, the same as you.
I don’t know WHY some tires and treads work well for me, or don’t, but I SURE AS FUCK know what I like and don’t like.
You don’t need a doctorate in knob-vomit to have a informed, well earned opinion about it, ya’ elitist enginerd snob.
But hey, what would you know about them, you haven’t ridden in years, homeboy.
Some go faster than others, some are stiffer than others, some are more supple than others, some suck, some are great for a specific individual and/or conditions, as well as the inverse.
See?
How hard was that?
I know all of this because I have been riding my whole life, in every kind of conditions.
in other words, street knowledge from riding as many as I can try, and basically not liking 90% of them, the same as you.
I don’t know WHY some tires and treads work well for me, or don’t, but I SURE AS FUCK know what I like and don’t like.
You don’t need a doctorate in knob-vomit to have a informed, well earned opinion about it, ya’ elitist enginerd snob.
But hey, what would you know about them, you haven’t ridden in years, homeboy.
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Not the main point, but the alignment between the two halves of the mold on those is sweet. Schwalbe does that a lot, too.
Yep. It's not that Marys don't work — there are a lot of worse tires out there. And Schwalbe's rubber compounds and casings are pretty good. But those side knobs would 100% work better if they were on the other way around. I know because I've tried it. They brake like shit that way, but that's because the center knobs are on backwards if you fix the side ones.
I inevitably end up riding a bunch of different tires and there are a bunch that I can get used to (including Assegais, though I wouldn't choose to run those). Marys get taken off of review bikes so I can actually evaluate the bike instead of just getting mad at the tires. I'm sure I could get more used to them if I committed to riding them exclusively, but they take a much bigger adjustment than just about any of the common options that aren't completely terrible. Because the side knobs are on backwards.
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That's not even close to being the worst one I've seen either.I didn't even notice that
I know, I just talked about Marys because I haven't ridden the Chans yet.
I'll file that one right alongside the flawless consistency of Shimano brakes. Same logic holds there.
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Well I'm looking forward to running them...like @ride said some tires just work better for different riders ..I've ran tires that just don't hook up for shit for me , but a buddy will rip it up on em....assegai is one that I actually like and got after that worked...yet appears to be hate..Mary I love that tire I get lug roll when I drop em really hard but familiar with that from MX and desert so it's not nerve racking...
If the chans hold line dropped further and more aggressive it'll be a bonus...
1 thing though on this years sidewalls..the chans in super gravity don't have a rubber feel as much as a hard non conforming feel...I like tires that are more solid dense and a conforming rubber...these are hard and alot like a plastic acting sidewall even in sun laid out it doesn't relax..so that's got me a bit concerned...
If the chans hold line dropped further and more aggressive it'll be a bonus...
1 thing though on this years sidewalls..the chans in super gravity don't have a rubber feel as much as a hard non conforming feel...I like tires that are more solid dense and a conforming rubber...these are hard and alot like a plastic acting sidewall even in sun laid out it doesn't relax..so that's got me a bit concerned...