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Who do I have to shiv to get Maxxis UST these days?

DirtMcGirk

DirtMcGirk

<b>WAY</b> Dumber than N8 (to the power of ten alm
Feb 21, 2008
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Is it just me, or has Maxxis been out of the High Roller, Minion DHF and DHR tubeless for what seems like a lifetime now? We've been trying to order direct, and its like paddling up river with a dixie cup...

Anyone know what the story is? Any idea on when they're coming back?
 
PatBranch

PatBranch

Turbo Monkey
Sep 24, 2004
10,451
9
wine country
That's how it is getting singletracks right now... I canceled an order because they were actually backordered (it didn't say that) and ordered from another place because they were getting some in. It's almost a month later and they still don't have singletracks... :rant:
 
mattmatt86

mattmatt86

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2005
5,347
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Bleedmore, Murderland
That's probably because Sun discontinued the SingleTracks. If you really want some I have two brand new 26" 32h STs hanging in my room. PM me.

As for the tires, I haven't really been looking but I'm planning on running some new 2.5 3C Non-UST High rollers tubeless on my new 823s. Hope it works.
 
mattmatt86

mattmatt86

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2005
5,347
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Bleedmore, Murderland
I talked with a guy from Hayes/Sun and he said they have stopped making them but a good bit of places still have them. I picked mine up from J&B a few months back when they had low quantities and the next week I checked their site and they were no longer listed.
 
Uncle Cliffy

Uncle Cliffy

Turbo Monkey
Jan 28, 2008
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I've been trying to get a set of Minion DHF's in UST for 3 months now! Tried everyone. I can get DHR's from BTI, but that's it. I got a DHR off E-bay last fall so that's all I've got...

Popular tires for sure.
 
DirtMcGirk

DirtMcGirk

<b>WAY</b> Dumber than N8 (to the power of ten alm
Feb 21, 2008
6,379
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Oz
Seems like Kenda and Maxxis have some of the same projected sales issues.

Damn you fetish bike industry! Damn you to hell!
 
ridenorcal

ridenorcal

Chimp
Apr 28, 2008
47
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Gnar-Cal
I was having the same problem when I was building up my bike and then I finally managed to find some from Wilson. They had 5, I bought 4. I'll let you guys scramble for the last one. :popcorn:
 
Uncle Cliffy

Uncle Cliffy

Turbo Monkey
Jan 28, 2008
4,490
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Southern Oregon
davep said:
3Cs work perfectly tubeless, and will last WAY longer than super tackys
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Agreed. But, they also weigh 100+ grams more than the UST versions of the same tire. 2 UST Maxxis tires saves half a pound off your bike!

Nothin like buying a new tire every time I spend the weekend at the lifts... :nopity:
 
Bicyclist

Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
10,152
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SB
Uncle Cliffy said:
I've got a gram scale and just weighed these a few weeks ago...

Minion 3c DHF: 1305 grams.
Minion UST DHF: 1195 grams.
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Gotta factor in weight discrepancies though. You'd have to sample from a batch to really see the average weight difference.
 
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davet

Monkey
Jun 24, 2004
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Bicyclist said:
Gotta factor in weight discrepancies though. You'd have to sample from a batch to really see the average weight difference.
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6 Minion DHF 1290 +/- 20g

4 UST Minion 1170 +/- 20g

all tires bought at various different times over the past year.
 
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