Submitted by
Jorgex
a Weekend Warrior
from Almada, Portugal
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2006
Strengths: -cornering on DRY conditions is super!!!! -unstopable for XC and more
Weaknesses: -all weaknesses of any slick/competition tires -it's a compleat different experience from blue boazo. R -nokian stop producing the blue one
Bottom Line:
I needed something different for my REAR tire, some new experiences. The X one never stops on sunny days. Always full speed ahead on dry/compact trials and single tracks. This tire has the same corner abilities as boazo. R which is amazing. The center knobs it's not the same story, there's something that gives a good traction and not good as a roller. Odd! The X is very confortable for a non tubeless and the rubber wears off fast, like 300km fast but always quality soft rubber and compleat sideknobs. My weight is over 100Kg and i use nokian or maxxis fr/dh tubes. It never pinched!! Until the sunny day it blast(something around 1000Km). That was a ride to remember, old people screaming on the bus stop, fortunately i was half km away from home.
Similar Products Used: nokian gazza.core 2.1/boazo. x, huchinsons pythons, maxxis highroller/larsenTT, ritchey zmaxs, continentals diesel/gravity/escape pro and so on...
Bike Setup: Giant escaper'92 (hardtail), Manitou Axel 100mm(om),Hayes disc brake, Mavic mx 321(f) and Mavic D521(r)
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Submitted by
ODG
a Cross Country Rider
from New Market, Maryland USA
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2005
Strengths: Fast, Low rolling resistance.
Weaknesses: Tread depth is very small, they handle like slicks on wet trails
Bottom Line:
Only a good tire for very hard, very dry trails. I got caught in a thunderstorm on my first ride with these tires and ended up biting the dust 5 times within an hour. They are dangerous on anything that is wet!
Similar Products Used: WTB Velociraptor, Specialized Ground Control
Bike Setup: Pretty much stock Kona Kula
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Submitted by
Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2004
Strengths: quick, low rolling resistance. Great for X-country
Weaknesses: cornering, wear resistance
Bottom Line:
The tires are definately quick. They don't do well is loose conditions or are that great at cornering. Have had one pinch flat in the three months I've had them and the rear has worn down to almost nothing, granted I do a lot of city riding (to work and the like). These tires came stock on my new Kona and am definately looking for a replacement. Have wiped out too many times on loose conditions on turns that aren't that steep. The tires feel light though and if you're a speed junky you may like them. Overall not very happy with these tires. I have never had the problems of hookup and wearability from any other tire I've owned although this is the first 1.95 sized tire I've ever ridden.
Bike Setup: Kona Kula Deluxe upgraded to full SRAM X.0 drivetrain
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Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2003
Strengths: Lightness
Weaknesses: Terrible on anything wet especially roots. I have had three pinch flats in the last month and I only weigh 140 lbs.
Bottom Line:
Very disappointed with these tires. They made my rides extremely frustrating on technical sections with there lack of grip. I have never pinch flats with the Panaracers and as mentioned earlier I had three in the last month using these tires. Unless you are doing easy hardpack riding I would not recommend them.
Strengths: i have new 2.1 black x 535 grams or so converted to tubeless with stan's no tubes. work very well on hard pack very good cornering rolls fast good ride at 40 psi very well made
Weaknesses: kinda of expensive considering all the internet discounts always going on
Bottom Line:
very good front tire even better with stan set up no flats
Submitted by
Jon
a Cross Country Rider
from New York
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2001
Strengths: fast rolling, good racer tire. cool blue color. turns heads, doesnt wear fast
Weaknesses: slippery when wet. sucks in sticky wet mud and rooty sections. made me a little scared in hard turns.
Bottom Line:
These tires are definitely not worth the $80 I paid for them the much cheaper panaracers worked far better. Im going back to panaracer.
the only reason to buy these tires would be (a) you live in a dry area or , (b) youre an xc racer. thats what those tires are good at, quite good. but they are bad in mud.
Submitted by
joe williams
a Racer
from murphysboro,il,usa
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2001
Strengths: boazobeana X-great tire on dry or tacky dirt singletrack boazobeana F-good all around tire, great cornering
Weaknesses: boazobeana X-slides around on any thing wet, crapy on rocks and roots in any conditions, i've had alot of pinch flats aswell boazobeana F-none found of yet
Bottom Line:
boazobeana X- never use on rocky, rooty, and wet trails, great dry condition tire as long as there are no rocks, pinchflats are possible
boazobeana F- great all condition tire, used on dry, wet, rocky, rooty, and smooth courses they worked great,in all case
Submitted by
leo theeuwen
a Cross Country Rider
from netherlands
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2001
Strengths: Front tire great control,even on technical and very steep(slow and breaking) downhills. Rear tire great grip, never lets You down. Nice colours, Icebleu.
Weaknesses: the rear wears down very quickly. I changed it within 6 months
Similar Products Used: Irc mythos, wtb endurorapter, cheng ching.
Bike Setup: Cannondale F
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Submitted by
Jan Myburgh
a Weekend Warrior
from Pretoria , South Africa
Date Reviewed: December 15, 2000
Strengths: Excellent in wet conditions
Weaknesses: Not too good on hardpack They wear quickly
Bottom Line:
This is a wet weather tire . They work really well in mud . They do not pack up too much , and they maintain good grip on wet rocks and roots .
They actually work well amongst loose rocks and sand as well .
Unfortunately their hardpack performance is not too good , but they were not made for that . As long as you are careful when you corner , they get the job done .
Rolling resistance is good as far as wet weather tires are concerned .
Overall , this is the best wet weather tire I have tried
Weaknesses: Poor cornering, Slides out on roots, Wears fast
Bottom Line:
Reviewing Boazobeana R 2.1 ice-blue.
Low rolling resistance, going straight, come to a corner and experience an unpredictable wobbly feel on hard surfaces.
Excellent traction and rinse in mud, for such a light and fast tire.
Excellent sideways slip on wet roots, them wide channels just suck in roots and sends the rear flinging sideways. Should you somehow manage to stay straight on a root you'll notice that the flimsy little 'knobs' in the middle of the tire manage to give almost no traction at all, should you have any left, since they instantly vaporize if you ever happen to skid-brake on tarmac.
Buy this tire if you ride straight on hardpack between great big pools of mud.
Dont buy it if you like wet, rooty singletrack riding.
The blue compound looks great, but performance is not up to par with the looks.
Similar Products Used: Michelin - Wildgripper Tioga - XC
Bike Setup: Cannondale F700
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Submitted by
marco righetti
a Cross Country Rider
from scotland u.k.
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2000
Strengths: 420 grams the lightest 1.8 tyre i know of! grips well for a low profile tyre,this is the boazobena x tyre in blue.
Weaknesses: fastest wearing tyre i know of! ok i'm 210lbs but michelin comp s does not wear as fast.i inflate rear to 60 lbs p.s.i.&front to 55 lbs p.s.i.
Bottom Line:
love the colour, doesnt grip very well out of saddle on loose stuff but not many do,you really feel the light weight,very grippy on flat terrain,corners well but i just wish they would last longer! these tyres are for cross country racer who care about function and not longevity!
Similar Products Used: michelins comp s,sprints & lite s.
Bike Setup: extremely limited edition dna titanium pulse frame (as the company dna went bust!)c.king head set,easton carbon bars,pace stem, fantastic icon bar ends,use xcr seatpost,flyte gel ti saddle,98 sxti forks,mavic 517 ceramic rims (absolutely no wear after two years)fab!dt butted spokes,not so good dt hugi 240 hubs (time will tell),the rest xtr with attac pedals v.good.
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Submitted by
magnus
a Cross Country Rider
from Stockholm, Sweden
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2000
Strengths: Great grip on all types of terrain. Reversible rear tire depending on conditions (for dry conditions in one direction and wet & muddy in the other direction). Plush ride from 2.1 rear tire.
Weaknesses: High speed cornering on road is really scary, and maybe wear will be a problem (don´t know yet...)
Bottom Line:
These are the foldable blue BoazoBoena f & r 2.1, and they´re just so good. Now, when I get left behind I have absolutely no excuses.
Similar Products Used: Tioga Factory XC, IRC Mythos XC
Bike Setup: scott comp racing
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Submitted by
Jay
a Cross Country Rider
from LA, CA
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2000
Strengths: F.A.S.T as hell!
Weaknesses: wearing (500 miles are not so bad for semi-knob racing tire)
Bottom Line:
Once again, the nokian blue silica is great on hardpacked too and i've never flatted these blue tires! These are the new semi-knobs called Boazobeana X and these are X-tra light, only 415g each (must be the lightest colour treads)! These are for serious XC racers!
