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Corratec
Diamant Grip Tires
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Submitted by
Günther Bayer
a Cross Country Rider
from Austria
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | bikepalast | | Strengths: | low weight, fast tire, faster than other semi slicks tried so far. | | Weaknesses: | life time compared to compeditors by far to low
downhill on gravel, as well as wet grass experienced to be dangerous. | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey speedmax wcs, michelin WG sprint, conti | | Bike Setup: | low weight hard tail | | Bottom Line: | performance satisfying, except life time which is by far to low, try michelin jet next time. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a
from Tennessee
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Mud Hollow to Blue Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Fast Fast Fast
Predictible
Light weight
Yellow | | Weaknesses: | $49 each
hard to find | | Similar Products Used: | IRC Mythos XC
Michilen Wildgripper lite S (green ones) | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler | | Bottom Line: | Wow, what a fast tire. Very predictable in the corners and when climbing. The front tire seems to get great traction at all times. It actually works well in wet and muddy conditions too. I turned the front tire around to go in the oppisite direction of the rear tire. The only time I lose traction is if I'm riding on the side of a rut. I had hard time finding them in the US and ended up getting them at www.mountainhomebicycleco.com | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Thomas Johannessen
a Cross Country Rider
from Nannestad, Norway
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Norwegian mountain terrain | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Light & fast | | Weaknesses: | Diamondgrip pattern wears out quite fast. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8900 | | Bottom Line: | This is a very fast tire. The grip is ok, but I have fallen on my ass a lot more after starting using it... the speed is worth it though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lightdevil
a Racer
from Belgium
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light tyres and very fast on hardpack. Just enough grip with diamond shaped center pattern and knobs on the side. Must have for racing in dry circumstances.
Predictable when cornering. Ok in sand. Rear tyre locks up nicely when braking. | | Weaknesses: | Beware when the going gets wet or on technical climbs. You have to be really good and alert to get the max out of these tyres in these circumstances.
Average protection against punctures. Beware on gravel ! | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAAD 4 Team Volvo Full XTR, last year Cadex Carbon. | | Bottom Line: | These tyres are a must when racing on hardpack. When the track is wet, watch out or mount another tyre with center knobs (Ritchey Z-MAX WCS). On climbs they are good on all but the hardest/technical climbs where they tend to lose grip when you least expect it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Flying Dutchman
a Weekend Warrior
from Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date Reviewed: September 10, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Bergschenhoek. | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Very, Very fast. And I love the red colour. | | Weaknesses: |
Not always enough grip, but when the surface is hard it's the best semi-slick. | | Similar Products Used: |
Vredestein grinder, IRC mythosxc slick, WTB Velocirapto, Michelin wildgripper. | | Bike Setup: |
GT hardtail, RST, Kore, Plasma, XTR, Magura, Dtswiss, Mavic 517. | | Bottom Line: | Very fast tires but sometimes they just slide away and then there's nothing to stop you from falling.
So it's Ride Fast, Fall hard. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
RobInfo
a cross-country rider
from Pa
Date Reviewed: October 7, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Curse these tires, I'll never be happy with velociraptors again. I too bought these cheap from performance, thought I'd give some semi-slick tires a try. Holy bejezus, these things are fast! We've had a very dry summer back east, and the trails are HARD, so these tires are kicking ass. They slide a bit more in corners, but it's predictable. I'm sure once the trails get sloppy, I'll have to take them off (sigh), or end up in a body cast. The little diamonds on the tread get excellent traction it things aren't too loose, and on the hard stuff you can here them whispering faster, faster FASTER! I'm also fairly certain they're not going to last very long. Definitely worth a try. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad
a cross-country rider
from FL
Date Reviewed: September 26, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I Bought a pair of these tires on sale from Performance for 19.oo apiece. At 520 grams they are lighter than almost anything you can find, and still half the price. They've handled everything that I've thrown at them beautifully, and I'de recommend the to anyone looking for a good all around semi-slick. I wouldn't hesitate to buy them again. Plus I love the yellow color. I just wish I had found them before I bought my double fighters.....these are much better. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Henrik Bredenberg
a cross-country rider
from Stockholm
Date Reviewed: June 20, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
This is the best tires i ever have bought, there fantastic and the grip is the best about them, and the resistance is just super. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matej Logar
a racer
from Slovenia
Date Reviewed: June 17, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I ride Team Bow with a pair of Diamant Grips. Rear works very good, front doesnt provide enough grip through faster corners (mud, gravel, sand...) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Keisuke Fukai
a weekend warrior
from Yokohama,Japan
Date Reviewed: June 12, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I use Corratec Bow202 bike, of course,Corratec Diamant Grip Tires.
Good, Especially at pass climbing without 15%over downhill. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Manfred Kachler
a cross-country rider
from Nuremberg, Germany
Date Reviewed: May 26, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I use Diamant Slick and prefer them: very, very fast, sufficient grip, only on humid and muddy ground they loose control. Curve traction medium. It is now my fifth pair: I am happy with'em but they've only low resistance.
Facit: The best good weather tire you can get | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pawel Gorzynski
a weekend warrior
from Lubin, Poland
Date Reviewed: February 21, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
Corratec alu frame, Shimano XT group ( 96 ), Marzocchi XC 500 fork,
Tioga tires, Grip Shift 800 | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Walter Strikkers
a cross-country rider
from Netherlands
Date Reviewed: December 24, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
It's a very good tire for lose sand and a forest, but it doesn't ride well in gravel. In this situation the front tire slips away, and your hint tire doesn't have any grip. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fredrik Rinnestam
a cross-country rider
from Västervik/sweden
Date Reviewed: December 14, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Great tyre with low resistance and great grip!
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Submitted by
Erik Gyllenstierna
a cross-country rider
from Stockholm, Sweden
Date Reviewed: November 14, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
The best tires i have tried! I was a bit sceptical first but not anymore. They roll very fast but keeps the grip anyway. A lot of riders use them here in Sweden. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pieter
a racer
from Swe/Aus
Date Reviewed: October 16, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
They work great. Only when the going gets really tough (extremely technical terrain) do you notice that you don't have 'real' tyres.
Perfect for racing (though not when it's muddy). | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony Edwards
a cross-country rider
from San Francisco, CA
Date Reviewed: August 20, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
Most interesting! I tried these tires recently on the recommendation of a shop employee in Minneapolis, after tearing the sidewall of a trusty Conti Cross Country. You may have seen the Corratecs on the bike of Norwegian pro Jan-Erik Ostergaard, and been skeptical, as I was.
The Corratecs have almost no tread down the middle; there is a shallow, widely-spaced chevron pattern that extends to the sides, where it becomes more pronounced (for cornering purposes). The rest of the tread consists of just a coarse file tread (as found on a Conti Sprinter road sew-up, or on the tires on your old touring bike). I believe the Diamant Grip is a rear, which would theoretically be accompanied by an even-more-treadless front tire. I note that Ritchey is now ripping off this tread with his Speed Max, used to good success by Susan DeMattei and Frishknecht in the Olympics.
These things absolutely haul ass! I recently rode them at Chequamegon in northern Wisconsin, and also on some technical trails in Mpls., with great success. You may have noticed previously that your old, bald tires worked pretty dang well (if, unlike me, you have the patience and luck to let them get that aged before trashing their sidewalls or retiring them). These are similar in principle: the tread is only where it is needed (on the edges, to keep you semi-vertical through the turns). I had no traction problems even in loose mud, and was able to climb the rocky, rooty steep stuff in WI with greater speed and ease than ever before.
Obviously, with so little tread, these tires weigh remarkably little; they are certainly the lightest fatties I've tried (they are marked as 2.1; I'd say they are closer to 1.8-1.9), and not too expensive (I paid $30 each for folders). | | Overall Rating: |
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