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Bontrager XR4 Team Issue Tire
Product DescriptionThe XR4 is your tire for rough trails, wet or dry. The aggressive tread design with deep, lateral cupped blocks, long shoulder blocks and buttressed tread block edges is ideal for loose and rocky conditions. Covered by Bontrager's Unconditional Performance Guarantee. Available in 2.20 or 2.35, aramid bead, 120 TPI.
User Reviews 
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Herzalot
a Weekend Warrior Date Reviewed: February 23, 2013 Strengths: Good traction, light, lasted a long time so far, good-to-excellent cornering, true to size. Weaknesses: I think my beloved High Rollers might corner just a smidge better. Not good on wet roots. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Aliso and Whistler Duration Product Used: 13 months Price Paid: $65.00 Purchased At: Trek - online direct Similar Products Used: Maxxis high Roller 2.35 Folding, Schwalbe Fat Alberts Bike Setup: XL 2013 Knolly Endorphin. 2012 Marzocchi 55 Microswitch TA, DT Swiss EX 1750 wheelset 
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eli
a Cross Country Rider Date Reviewed: January 27, 2013 Strengths: Grip, comfort, rolling resistance, these tires will absolutely keep your wheels on the ground. I have ridden these tires on all the dry, sandy, loose rocks, dusty, and wet boulder trails that Tucson Arizona has to offer. I can't imagine a better tire for grip. Weaknesses: HOLY HELL THE PRICE! At $65 a POP it really hurts the pocket. Especially since the tires are paper thin. I've got +/- 450 miles out of them only a few months, with maybe a few hundred to spare ( as far as tread life is concerned) but I have shredded the sidewalls to ribbons. It's scarry to run these tubeless, they easily burp and take a few days to completely seal. Also run anything less than 25psi and they loose traction and become unpredictable. Bottom Line:
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Ted
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: December 3, 2012 Strengths: For me, rolling res. is very good for an aggressive tire, grip , price Weaknesses: None so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: TOO MANY Duration Product Used: 8 + months Price Paid: $60.00 Purchased At: Trek, Victoria Similar Products Used: LOTS OF OTHER TIRES & companies Bike Setup: Intense Tracer etc. 
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Jack
a Cross Country Rider Date Reviewed: August 21, 2012 Strengths: Good quality tyre for a lower Price than the comPetition. Rolls pretty fast, feels precise when cornering. Weaknesses: I found the 2.2 very wide and too tall for my 717s, so anyone considering these tyres with narrow rims should think twice. I can feel the tyre rolling around on the rim in corners and over root/rocks (feels scary). Probably would be corrected by a newer wider profile rim like a flow or equivalent. I also find the tyre locks up underbraking too easily and doesnt slow me down enough before it locks up. (that might be me being dozy). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $30.00 Purchased At: Sunset cycles Similar Products Used: Highroller exception, specialised the captain control, panaracer razer mx protection, kenda nevagals. Bike Setup: Giant trance x 2010, rebas 120, 717 on pro2 etc
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Sinclair Short Date Reviewed: July 16, 2012 Strengths: Fast rolling, great cornering, light weight. Weaknesses: my tyre weighs only 600 grams which is good and bad. Bottom Line:
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PopKorn Suttin
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: June 1, 2012 Strengths: These are a great all around all condition tire. Super fast rollers. Hook up nicely climbing and descending on loam, hard pack, loose and rocky, wet n' rooty...rips and grips everything! Shed mud pretty well too. Side lugs really let you lay the bike down in the berms. Weaknesses: Weakness may be more rider than tire, but wet wooden bridges were like lubed up ice rinks. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The one I'm on Purchased At: Trek Dealer Similar Products Used: Bonty FR3, Conty Mtn King, Panaracer Fire, Kenda Nevegals Bike Setup: Trek Slash 9
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Chris
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: May 31, 2012 Strengths: Traction climbing and descending. Transition to cornering. Good flotation in sand. Weaknesses: Needed to use an air compressor to mount them on my Mavic 823s. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Hawes Trail Tonto National Forest Price Paid: $65.00 Purchased At: Landis Cyclery Similar Products Used: Specialized Purgatory, Clutch, Chunder. Panaracer FR4. Bontrager XDX. Tioga factory DH 2.1 etc... Bike Setup: Trek Remedy 9.9 frame Chris King hubs laced to Mavic 823s Fox Talas fork. Shimano XT and SRAM x0 drivetrain
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critterstalker Date Reviewed: May 10, 2012 Strengths: Grips in all conditions I have rode in. Fast rolling, climbs like a dream and handles wet pinestraw very well. Weaknesses: price, if you're cheap. I will buy them again. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: BIG CREEK Bike Setup: 2011 Trek ex8
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salsamoto Date Reviewed: May 8, 2012 Strengths: have the old version the xr4tlr tire. This tire rocks. its super grippy in the mud when i was out the other day in the rain. great on rocks and roots. Weaknesses: nothing Bottom Line:
Submitted by
stangbang
a Weekend Warrior
from STL Date Reviewed: March 17, 2012 Strengths: New version is much better rolling than previous. Also grips great on everything I have ridden on so far. Mostly loose over hardpack and damp steep singletrack. These just feel right. Easy to set up tubeless. Weaknesses: Expensive....but worth it. Confusing to some being as there are two versions...the old and the new....they should have renamed them. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything with singletrack Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $55.00 Purchased At: Momentum Cycles Similar Products Used: Kenda Nevegal, small block 8, bontrager xr3 and old style xr4 Bike Setup: 2011 Fuel ex8. Stock
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