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loddrik
a Cross Country Rider
from LiverpoolDate Reviewed: March 25, 2011
Strengths: Fast, light, way more grip than you'd believe.Weaknesses: Difficult to find, can get into difficulty in deep mud.Bottom Line: The perfect trail centre tyre, surprised more people aren't using them. Great at places like CyB, Afan, Glentress etc. Fast as hell, due to the size can be run at lower pressures to increase grip, never come close to a puncture yet. Only time they have been out of their depth was December in the Peaks around Hope/Castleton. Cannot recommend them highly enough.
Favorite Trail: N Wales
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: CRC
Similar Products Used: Various
Bike Setup: Ellsworth Epiphany, Mav DUC32's, X.O, XTR, Deus, Marta's etc.
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daisyhilldude
a Cross Country Rider
from brisbane australiaDate Reviewed: August 24, 2009
Strengths: Light, extremely easy to mount, fastWeaknesses: occasionally on really steep stuff it looses a little tractionBottom Line: I'd like to give a heads up to my local bike shop at Springwood - Sonic Cycles- on the same side of the service road as Ikea
They are a small high end shop that is relitivly new- I have recieved some excellent service from them and would like to relate this story;
I got them to service my XC bike for the Epic, and I was telling them I wanted rear tyre -I eventually bought a UST Cross Max, the mechanic, Chris, gave me a free Vredstein Killer Bee Tyre to try as well. He asked me to do a review of it instead of paying for it, so here it is:
It's a very light but full sized semi slick trye with a pentagonal tread pattern, I have used a Furious Fred as a rear tyre before and they feel decidedly narrow. The Killer Bee feels like a full sized tyre, and apart from the obvious increase in speed it didn't feel like a semi slick. It was a robust, predictable and reasonably grippy tyre.
I want to comment on the ease of setting the killer bee up. I have done the epic race once before and a couple of times in training, and have had multiple flats every time, So when I set up for this Epic I used liquid latex in the UST tyres. The Killer Bee was by far the easiest UST tyre I have ever used, and during the race it performed flawlessly, no flats no loss of pressure.
When I left the shop I put the cross max on and went for a ride, i hadn't ridden a UST cross max before, it felt like I'd put a concrete block on my back wheel, so I quickly changed to the killer bee, and I'll ride it till it wears out, I would highly recommend it.
Cost of the tyre was reasonable, about $10 cheaper than a comperable Schwalbe
Favorite Trail: chocolate buddha
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: Sonic Cycles
Similar Products Used: Schwalbe furious fred, maxxis cross max
Bike Setup: santa cruz blur XC
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