Tires for Sugar?
- Thread starter Tattooo
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comp 16s
Perfect.Tattooo said:
Sugar has a tendency to stay a little wet and slick, and is hardly ever hardpacked. So the 16's work great there.
im running minions but im one of the few. they were great last year cause well it was a rare conditions last year. im prolly gonna be at a dissadvantage but we will see.
What about some good tires for the maxxis riders? 
minions will do fine but you better let the preassure out of them in my opinion. also i think that running the stickier compound will give us a big advantage on the rock face if your starting up there. but that is just my two cents.
Yeah, my buddies who run Maxxis all like the Minions there.frznnomad said:
I ran the Highrollers last weekend there and they were amazing. 2.7 frt and 2.5 rear with Stans No tubes. 18 psi in frt and 22 in the rear. No flats Knock on wood.
Ill be running Chunders... they seem to work for me whatever i ride
I agree with the Highrollers. I don't believe in tubeless for heavy riders like myself. Seems like it would be too easy to burp a tire at lower air pressures. I've seen it happen to the same person too much.
2.7 Highrollers with Maxxis DH tubes. My fat butt got away with 20psi at Massanutten without a problem.
It wouldn't hurt to bring a set of mud tires too.
2.7 Highrollers with Maxxis DH tubes. My fat butt got away with 20psi at Massanutten without a problem.
It wouldn't hurt to bring a set of mud tires too.
im running a High Roller in the rear but dont know what i will run in the front yet because i dont want to run my Kujo because it sucks in the mud
my new front is a michlelin all mountain expert.
swampthings are a must if it's muddy. But, the highrollers have great cornering and traction at Sugar and handle well. I still have an unused Mobster 2.7. I've ran them on the front at Sugar and loved them too.
Hey peete, the Stans No Tubes has been awesome for me so far. Never lost air pressure all day at Sugar last weekend running 18 and 22 frt and rear with highrollers. I weigh in at 195-200 with gear FWIW!
Hey peete, the Stans No Tubes has been awesome for me so far. Never lost air pressure all day at Sugar last weekend running 18 and 22 frt and rear with highrollers. I weigh in at 195-200 with gear FWIW!
you've got that right! i ran 24x3.0 kujo's a few years ago at sugar. it was like someone sprayed WD-40 on my tires.TCP21 said:
my high rollers did fine last year, nothing short of 2" spikes is very grippy on those wet off-camber sections of lizards lane though. unless your herndon or something, then the laws of physics don't apply
i bought a Michelin All Mountain Expert so i hopefully should be fine, i hope but the kujo is in the front and its bald so yeah its got to go
whats the story on the slalom course? is it still non-exsistant??? am i gonna see stakes in the grass like snowshoe last year??? trying to decide what tires to bring with me......
Good question. I ended up running some Nevegals at the Otter after running Larsen's the first day, which really sucked. The Nevegals aren't bad in the wet, but if its all crap mud/grass, I am going to run some more swamp things on my DS bike. Damn mud, go away.
I just got an email from someone who was up there yesterday.Murphy's Law said:
The DS course is still "a pile of wood for the start and lots and lots of grass."
Sounds like it's going to be a ghetto gate and a bunch of sticks stuck in the ground.
If it totally sucks when we get up there, I may hang a left and drive to Bigfoot.
Hey Murph, we rode Chuck's today for practice. Now that's a dual slalom
I didn't even see the wood. Is in on the very left slope?
The DS is on the very left slope. Kim at Sugar said Norba is building it on Tuesday - sounds like sticks in the grass to me, but I have heard two different stories niether of which I believe. Not paying my money to race until I see it with my own eyes.
Wonder if its going to be like the sea otter all over.
"Whoops, too wet to run this line, let's make mud ruts in the grass and see how it works out, then have the outrun all mud with a 3 second differential on a 15 second diff course"
NORBA is rapidly getting brighter then Teddy Kennedy on a wet road with a hooker...
"Whoops, too wet to run this line, let's make mud ruts in the grass and see how it works out, then have the outrun all mud with a 3 second differential on a 15 second diff course"
NORBA is rapidly getting brighter then Teddy Kennedy on a wet road with a hooker...
I was going to say you forgot to mention booze but w/ Ted Kennedy it goes without saying.Tattooo said: