The Barro Race will come in three versions: The folding bead version, which will be the lightest at around 425 grams, the TNT version, which weighed 630 grams on our digital scale, and the UST version which will weigh more yet, probably in the mid 700 gram range. Geax promised us that the Barro Race would be a “true two incher”, so we will get to mountng these up, tubeless of course, and we will report back.
Submitted by
55rpmasher
a Racer
from Canada Date Reviewed: June 26, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Falcon, BHP
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$45.00
Purchased At:
Olympia Cycle and Sk
Strengths:
Rolls fast!!! Hooks up pretty well in dry conditions. Volume is deceptive, feels bigger than it is.
Weaknesses:
To heavy, however the sidewalls are tough so cuts are minimal, fast wearing tread
Similar Products Used:
Nanoraptors, Racing Ralphs
Bike Setup:
Niner Air9 decked with goodies
Bottom Line:
Pretty happy with these so far. The bead is TIGHT prepare for a fight to get them on. Set up tubeless easy as I have the TNT version. I would be real happy if they did a 2.1 or 2.2 in TNT with less rigid sidewalls at around 625 grams. 660 grams for a 2.0 is a bit on the chunky side but I wanted realibility as last year the Racing Ralphs caused more problems and DNF's than anything else I have ever used. Roll fast but you have to lean over hard to get to the side knobs be warned!
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