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Michelin Hot S Tire
Product DescriptionThe Michelin HotTires feature Michelins XTreamTread pattern makingThem ideal for anyone who likes high volume All Mountain, Downhill, and FreerideTires. XTremTread pattern makes an all-purposeTire for Mountain Cross, DH and Freeride 33TPI casing for durability Tire Bead: Steel ISO Diameter: 559 ISO Width: 64 mm TireType: Clincher Tire Diameter: 26" Published Weight: 975 g PSI: 29-58 PSI
User Reviews 
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Old Geezer
a Cross Country Rider
from Chattanooga, Tennessee Date Reviewed: October 1, 2011 Strengths: Light weight (for my use), Corners well. Outside the sidewall issue mentined below I loved this tire. Weaknesses: Side wall! Just too thin. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Tsali Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $25.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: Panaracer and Kendas Bike Setup: Chumba VF-2, Full XTR with Spinergy wheels 
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Cainam
a Weekend Warrior
from Bremerton, WA Date Reviewed: October 4, 2010 Strengths: Looks, the 2.5" size is a VERY good tire for soft dirt, and works well on hard pack, roots, grass/underbrush, anything realy. Weaknesses: The 2.2" tire is almost dangerous on hard pack or street. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Green Mountain Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $45.00 Purchased At: fleabay Similar Products Used: Maxxis, Kenda, anything that holds air for 5 minutes. . . Bike Setup: Kona Stuff, Marzocchi forks, homebuilt wheels, XT pieces. . . for today at least. Check back tomorrow for updates. . .
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MrDuck
a Downhiller
from Czech Republic Date Reviewed: May 6, 2010 Strengths: Sticks to just about anything, never got a snake bite even at very low pressure hitting the edges of jumps nor on rocky downhills, only once punctired by a hard pike Overall it just holds me where i want, no matter what conditions Weaknesses: Weight, since it's my first 2,5" tire with a wire bead, it's over 1000g Seems a little unsure on a very dry dirt, still sticks enough to not let me down however Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: a long fast one down the hill Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Only XC tires (Schwalbe Smart Sam, Kenda Karma) Bike Setup: Specialized Hardrock 06, Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 2 06, Front brake SLX with 203mm disc, rear Hayes MX with 185mm, SLX Cranks, Da bomb pedals, Remerx Jumbo rims
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StarskyDawg
a Weekend Warrior
from Newcastle, England Date Reviewed: May 17, 2009 Strengths: Brilliant climber, hooks up well on tight berms and is stable at both low & high speed. A good UK trailcentre tyre. Weaknesses: THE DAMN SIDEWALLS... 3 months or so normal riding, no stacks, minimal rock rubbing and HEY PRESTO - the sidewall starts to wear out. Why has this never really happened on any other tyres of mine! Then funnily enough, a slight contact with a rock and BANG, the sidewall splits and ends my ride... a long way from home. Oh and the tread wears out fairly quickly too. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Glentress, Scotland Duration Product Used: 3 months Similar Products Used: Kenda Nevegal 2.35 Sticke-e, Conti Slash 2.3, Panaracer Fire XCPRO's, Tioga Factory 2.2 DH's, etc etc etc etc Bike Setup: Giant Reign2 with Avid Elixir's, Raceface Diabolus bar and 110mm stem. Now running Nevegal's f & r.
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Darrel
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, AB Date Reviewed: March 3, 2008 Strengths: These tires are amazing!!! They grip really well all around and the colour is the best part of all. Weaknesses: None that I can think of Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Suicide Labrynth Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: USA Similar Products Used: Kenda Small Block 8, Maxxis Swamp Thing, Kenda Kenetics Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Jackal, Rock Shox Argyle 409, Sram X-0 drivetrain, etc...
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Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Cranbrook Date Reviewed: July 6, 2007 Strengths: Awesome colour, great traction in wet and muddy conditions. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Purchased At: Pinkbike Similar Products Used: Kenda Kinetics
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john
a Racer
from bflo, ny, usa Date Reviewed: April 1, 2007 Strengths: cool colour, durable, my tyre is going on it's second year of competition, works great in wet, technical climbs, isn't that heavy, sheds mud pretty good, made me a faster rider. you have to love the simplicity of a tubed tyre. Weaknesses: it might run a little narrow. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: performance Similar Products Used: all kinds of different tyres from about 1998 on. Bike Setup: french made hot s in the rear. 2.2". red. asian made michelin C4 latex tube. mavic crossmax enduro rim strip. presently being run with the pressure at 2 bar.  
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Derek
a Cross Country Rider
from Bellingham, WA, usa Date Reviewed: February 18, 2007 Strengths: Long wearing, best-of-all-mudder tread, fluffy size, handling, red color. Just Everything about the tread for an aggressive xc mountain tire. Weaknesses: I've figured out what the S in Hot S stands for! SH!T SIDEWALLS! This is the second Michelin to bankrupt on me prematurely due to sidewall failure, and the only brand to have ever done so. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: pnw Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $30.00 Purchased At: Wonderful LBS Similar Products Used: Several from just about every manufacturer. Bike Setup: Kona Caldera. Michelin Wildgripper tubeless front--another one that failed me when I'd ridden the same in the rear in the past. Keeping my eye on it.
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Mike C
a Cross Country Rider
from Denville, NJ - USA Date Reviewed: December 27, 2006 Strengths: Traction, size, tread design, cornering ability Weaknesses: SIDEWALL Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Ring-Way Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $30.00 Purchased At: Jenson Similar Products Used: WTB, Specialized, Panaracer Fire XC Bike Setup: Airborne Ti hardtail, Kona Kikapu Deluxe XT, Thomson, King, etc.
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Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from Kefar Saba , ISRAEL Date Reviewed: November 20, 2006 Strengths: beauty , grip , tracks down the soil in all conditions excellent , does not collect mud . Weaknesses: weak , side wall ruptured after 3 months only, of non-aggressive use of two-three rides a week. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: Panaracer Fire XC PRO , IRC mythos XC , specialized Roll X pro , panaracer Dart Bike Setup: Specialized Stumpjumper 2004 M4 frame, Manitou Black , Fox Propedal , Time atac , Full Sram X7 2007 driveterrain and gears.
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Aaron
a Weekend Warrior
from Rainier, OR Date Reviewed: October 17, 2005 Strengths: Durable tread, sheds mud well, nice volume, I got them for free! Weaknesses: Anything other than mud is suicidal! The tread will not stick to anything wet. If there are rocks and its wet, you might as well be riding on a slick. I don't expect it to stick to roots, but the fact that it won't stick to an abrasive rock like basalt is just puzzling. It really feels like someone put a layer of oil between the tires and the rocks when riding on them. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Similar Products Used: IRC Mythos, Maxxis Larson TT, WTB Velociraptors, WTB Weirwolfs Bike Setup: KHS Steel Hardtail, Rock Shox, SRAM X-9
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John
a Cross Country Rider
from memphis, tn USA Date Reviewed: October 2, 2005 Strengths: Awesome mud shedding abilities, great cornering, wide for more traction, good shock absorbtion, and pretty light weight Weaknesses: red compound is not at all good for road use, and will wear down quickly if used for that Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Tour de Wolf Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: Performance Bike Similar Products Used: Specialized tires, and panaracer (which is great also) Bike Setup: Specialized with cusom build.
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Everyday Rider
from Upland, CA USA Date Reviewed: September 24, 2005 Strengths: Tire bites nicely until the side blows out. Weaknesses: Sidewall blew out after 6 to 8 weeks of riding. Tire showed very little sign of wear otherwise. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $32.00 Purchased At: Jenson Similar Products Used: Trek Control Track, Continental Cross Country, WTB Weirwolf, Panaracer Fire XC. Bike Setup: Trek carbon hardtail w/ xtr/xt
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David
a Weekend Warrior
from Somerset,UK Date Reviewed: June 20, 2005 Strengths: Grippy Compound Cornering Performance Braking/climbing traction Reasonable rolling resistance Dry/medium weather performance Weaknesses: Slightly high price... tho bargains can be found. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Quantocks-Smith's Combe Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: All Terrain Cycles Similar Products Used: Michelin comp 24 Michelin comp 32 Continental Diesel Bike Setup: Azonic Sabre Freeride Marzocchi Z1 Freeride Hope/XT/Easton/Raceface.ect
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Ming Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from HK Date Reviewed: November 20, 2004 Strengths: No leak tubeless design Good stable design Weaknesses: - Sidewalls very thin!!! Note that if you live in rocky regions the sidewalls deteriorate very fast, actually start to shred. I'm a smooth rider so this should not happen. Also my friends have the same problems with sidewalls that are falling apart. - Rubber a bit hard for slippery conditions, tends to wash out underneath you - relatively high price Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $36.00 Purchased At: Flying Ball Similar Products Used: - most everything Bike Setup: Ellsworth Joker, Truth
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