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Increasing pressure didn't seem to save them much. I'm beginning to suspect my rim sidewall profile is razor sharp or something.
What trail bike tire casings don't suck?
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Increasing pressure didn't seem to save them much. I'm beginning to suspect my rim sidewall profile is razor sharp or something.
Mavic?
I've had good luck (here in the loamy smoothness that is Golden) with WTB Vigilantes. But everyone knows that 26" wheels isn't even really mountainbiking, because that sh!t was around before enduro. Or even "black diamond" trails.
Is this the right forum to ask the lizard people to ask the bike people to give us tires with LizardSkinz(TM)?
Hope Tech Enduro wheelset.
I also suspect I'm having a little trouble mentally adapting my lines and technique from so many years of DH tyres\tubes and suspension now I'm riding skinnier tyres and half the suspension....
this might be of some interest to the monkey horde in this thread. 
http://enduro-mtb.com/en/the-best-enduro-tire-seven-combos-in-comparison/
http://enduro-mtb.com/en/the-best-enduro-tire-seven-combos-in-comparison/
That's what I'm running in the front. Same HRII front and rear. Well, 3C front, 60whatever rear.
The 1200g tires are gonna be really demotivating to climb with, I agree. I'm trying to avoid going to that extreme since I may as well just run a fucking DH tire at that point and really let it rip on the descents.
2.35 minion dhf with full on dh casings aren't that heavy. They're just kinda small. But I ran those for years on the back of my trail bike. Mostly because my mavic tubeless rims despise tire sidewalls.
toods: I know that some rims do eat tires. I haven't gotten a flat in two years since riding different rims. (enves unfortunately)
toods: I know that some rims do eat tires. I haven't gotten a flat in two years since riding different rims. (enves unfortunately)
I like how they took off points for puncture resistance on the WTB's because they "appear susceptible to slitting - although that didn't happen during testing".this might be of some interest to the monkey horde in this thread.
http://enduro-mtb.com/en/the-best-enduro-tire-seven-combos-in-comparison/
Any of you guys torn up a minion SS yet?
I just got one and it's kind of uh......"light"
Seems pretty pinner.
I just got one and it's kind of uh......"light"
Seems pretty pinner.
Tomahawk 3C EXO 2.3. Tire is rather skinny, no big knobs yet weights almost 900g for 27.5". I think it's casing will be just fine.
Yurp, 5 rides on one and the sidewall went, about a half inch tear. Did this in Pisgah National Forest. In North Carolina.
Okay apparently the pisgah national forest located in beautiful (well, the west part at least) north carolina just eats tires.
Anyone tear one on big soft pillowy, non-threatening, coddling, poofter west coast rocks?
Anyone tear one on big soft pillowy, non-threatening, coddling, poofter west coast rocks?
Mine's been fine so far. I have no idea if it does anything useful or not but for whatever it's worth, I got one of the silk worm ones.
FUCKING MT BIKE TIRES.
It's light 'cause it ain't got no knobs. Which you can get away with, apparently...
Cut all the knobs off a tire sometime. Weigh them.
It's the casing.
It's the casing.
yup....got about a month out of it though....i prefer the slaughter...tread and casing..
After shredding several EXO tires last season I've had much better luck with the full DH casings. Heavy as fuck...but 0 flats. And great insulation against rim strikes from rocks as well...
Intruiged by double down as I would love to shed some weight, but not at expense of durability
Intruiged by double down as I would love to shed some weight, but not at expense of durability
I like the slaughters but the sideknobs start ripping up way too soon. I wish they were thicker.
Butcher Grids set up tubeless with 24/27 psi seem to hold up well enough. Much sturdier feel to the casing on flat corners too. They survived 1 ride, so that's more than the EXOs have been able to claim so far...
Any tips where I can find a 26" SS? It seems to be eluding me on Google.
Just an update on the Michelin reinforced casing. I hit a rock so hard that my 36 bottomed out and the rim made a sound like a gunshot, I fully expected my lb 35mm rims to explode into dust. Nothing happened, no flat, no exploded rim nothing.
Those tires are the fucking best. I really want them to make a slightly smaller, faster rolling version with the same construction to use as a rear.
I know they have their new rear "enduro" tire, but the tread pattern is fucking stupid. They knocked it out of the park with the Wild Rock'r 2, they can do better
I just can't help but think I may as well run a full dual ply at the weight of those things though. Probably be cheaper too. Still look interesting nonetheless.
I wonder if the coil shock I just put on the back of this thing will reduce some of the flatting. What a great reminder of how much air springs suck ass all around.
I wonder if the coil shock I just put on the back of this thing will reduce some of the flatting. What a great reminder of how much air springs suck ass all around.
coil shock! coil shock! coil shock!
Damn straight.
Still on a quest to find a coil 160mm fork in one of these goofy sixfiftybeeeeeee sizes. I also like how no two manufacturers seem to have the same offset for sixfiftybeeeeeee.
Still on a quest to find a coil 160mm fork in one of these goofy sixfiftybeeeeeee sizes. I also like how no two manufacturers seem to have the same offset for sixfiftybeeeeeee.