Continental Rubber Queen Folding Tire: Continental?s Rubber Queen hooks up in a huge variety of conditions without any frame-clearance issues. Widely spaced, square knobs give you predictable traction as you stuff it into corners...
I have been bashing away on a set of the Continental Rubber Queen 2.4's for around 4 months now, and I must say this is “Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy”. These are big suckers, that is just a blast to use, and they love to haul ass through the meanest territory you can throw at them. Yes, with these babies size does count! The Rubber Queen is a new tire for Continental, and it joins their other existing Downhill, Freeride and All Mountain tires the Der Kaiser and the Rain King. Continue reading →
Submitted by
Nationals
a Cross Country Rider
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2011
Strengths: Great cornering and grip in the mud and on soft terrain. Had a Aspen on the front and changed it back to my RubberQueen because of the mud and the performance was awesome.
Weaknesses: Need to have it at 40 psi or above other wise they wobble on your rim.
Bottom Line:
Great Tyre for the mud and soft terrain. Handles like a dream once you get the pressure right.
Similar Products Used: Nevegals, Nobby Nic, Fat Albert, Maxxis Advantages, Panaracer Fire XC
Bike Setup: Knolly Endorphin
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Submitted by
Rollin'in'Zona
a Racer
from Northern, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2009
Strengths: It rolls fast, corners fairly well, and handles itself in a predictable manner.
Weaknesses: Perhaps the flimsyest sidewall i've EVER seen.
Bottom Line:
This tire(RQ 2.4 non-ust) felt FANTASTIC for three rides. It rolls fast, corners well, and handles itself in a nicely predictable manner.
However, on the fourth ride the flimsy sidewall gave way to a 1"/2cm gash while tooling slowly through 3"-4" cobbles. I'm so dissapointed - but not surprised. I almost sent them back when they arrived because I doubted the paper-thin sidewalls. At $75 per tire, this tire cost me $25 per ride. Unfortunately, I bought a set...
Similar Products Used: Ah, 15 years of tires on 4 different bikes... Maxxis, Kenda, Schwalbe, Intense, Panaracer, IRC...
Bike Setup: 6x6
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Submitted by
jgusta
a Weekend Warrior
from PDX, OR
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2008
Strengths: Huge, monster volumed, stiff sidewall tire with absolute no sidelug flex allows to run crazy low pressures with excellent pinch flat resistance. Good/great all conditioned tread pattern
Weaknesses: Couldn't get to mount tubeless on standard rims with conversion kit like other non-UST tires. Raised my BB height a bit due to being pretty tall. Expensive and overpriced if buying them in the states.
Bottom Line:
This tire absolutely rocks! Only a couple weeks on it, but got about six good rides in varied terrain from rocks to roots to hardpack to wet to muck. Tire excells in all conditions except for mud and muck. This tire is also huge for its size, even bigger than the Schwalbe BB it replaced with better traction and roll over rocks, roots, wet and hardpack. The only condition I could see the BB to be better would be in the mid/late summer thick dust and crazy loose conditions due to slightly more aggressive tread, but the RQ kills it in everything else.
The ultimate AM/FR tire, good job with this one Conti!
forgot to mention, the non-UST version only weighs 850gm; 1050gm is for UST tyre. Maybe an administrator can fix this? The apex sidewall has a thick insert above bead that prevents pinching, and duraskin means no sidewall tears. Will post a follow up later, for now I have to get ready to ride!
Strengths: Tractor-like grip, massive air volume, relatively light, almost impossible to pinch-flat.
Weaknesses: the name.
Bottom Line:
As you can probably tell I have a bit of a tyre fetish, and this is so far the best rear tyre I have used. Will try it on the front in a few weeks to see how it goes there. Even if you have never liked conti tyres before, you'll like this one. Rolls deceptively fast. The bag is huge, bigger than big betty so can run v low pressure (25psi w/ stans conversion) without fear. Traction is outstanding all the way from one gnarly edge to the other. This must be very close to the perfect freeride/AM tyre. Go buy it!
Does anyone have experience running a Continental Trail King/Rubber Queen 2.2 on an original Mojo? Were there any clearance issues of note?
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As some of you might know by now, I am a tire junkie :rolleyes: , and a schwalbe lover, although by no means closed to other options.:thumbsup:
Here you can find a bit more info Read More »
As some of you might know by now, I am a tire junkie , and a schwalbe lover, although by no means closed to other options. :skep:
The point of these forum is to compare and re Read More »
Hey,
I've recently ordered and received two of these tires, but somehow they are different.
On paper they are exactly alike, Conti Rubber Queen (Europe) 2.2 UST Black Chili, b Read More »
