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TIM G
a Cross Country Rider
from U.KDate Reviewed: December 29, 2011
Strengths: Fast light inflates easily on tube less.AWESOME very quick with good grip for so little tread. The Schwalbe catalogue description say's it all about these tyres"If your technical riding skills are good these tyres are for you" however if you fanny about blaming your tyres for every mistake you make steer clear of them. I use them for X.C racing and Cyclo Cross on my mountain bike and they are mega.Weaknesses: For me noneBottom Line: Great race tyre in dry weather for a confident rider
Favorite Trail: AREA 51
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$45.00
Purchased At: Stourport cycles
Similar Products Used: Specialized Baldy,Michelin JeT x.c,Schwalbe Huricane,Ritchey Z semi slick,Schwalbe old blue full slick tyre.
Bike Setup: FRM HP10,D.T Swiss full carbon fork, Stans Olympic wheels,F.S.A 2X9 crank
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roxtar
a Cross Country Rider
from Crown Point, IN USADate Reviewed: August 22, 2011
Strengths: Light and fast
Surprising grip
Surprising strength
True 2.4Weaknesses: Wet and nasty.
Also hard loose gravelly stuff (although what does work on that crap?)
True 2.4 (Very tight fit in rear frame. Switching to 2.25 in rear)
Like all Schwalbes; pricy and hard to find discounted.Bottom Line: Incredible tires. Schwalbe hit a grand slam with this one.
I ran these in 2.4" at Leadville this year. I was a little concerned with Leadville's sharp rocks on these thin, lightweight sidewalls.
Nothing to worry about. They held up amazing. I hit every rocky downhill section as fast as possible (I'm a DH guy and had to make up time lost on the climbs. No time for picking through the rocks, just point it, hammer, and fly) and they held solid as a rock. After the race they still looked good as new. No noticeable wear at all.
Leadville's tiny ball bearing-ish gravel road corners were scary but I don't know any tire that would grip in those.
As expected, they're extremely fast.
What's unexpected is how much grip they have. In dirt (especially soft dirt) you can roll them on their side in corners with complete confidence. The shoulder lugs grip way better than I'd hoped for. They ARE my XC race tire of choice for anything but complete slimy conditions.
I run them harder than most; around 30-35psi and they work well this way (I'm 175lbs) but I prefer a solid feeling tire in corners.
Favorite Trail: Loma (Fruita)
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$45.00
Similar Products Used: I'm a tire junky. Tried them all from super lite skinny race tires to DH
Bike Setup: I run these on my XC race bike; Gary Fisher HiFi Pro with Hadley/NoTubes Olympic wheelset running Stans.
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COLINx86
a Racer
from Fort Worth, TexasDate Reviewed: December 29, 2010
Strengths: LIGHT!, rolls goodWeaknesses: Not a very strong tire, not the best cornering grip.Bottom Line: Great racing tire if the course is tacky or if you have incredible bike handling skills.
Favorite Trail: Big Cedar
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: Maxxis Aspen, Maxxis Crossmark, Maxxis Larsen
Bike Setup: Sette Phantom, Stans olympic wheels, fox fork, XTR
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gonzo1034
a Cross Country Rider
from Date Reviewed: April 22, 2010
Strengths: Super fast rolling and low weight.Weaknesses: Unable to set-up tubeless with stans.Bottom Line: I selected this tire for its fast tread and low weight. I was hoping to set it up tubeless but was unable to pop in the beads. Took it to a bike shop and they were not able to mount either. I don’t know how hard they tried. I was forced to use tubes.
Did a 64 mile race and thought for sure I would get a flat, I was wrong. They performed flawlessly. Just as they describe, they are FAST!! I was able to maintain a higher speed with less effort. They are a little skidish and two wheel drift are common. You must remain focus on the turns and utilize proper cornering technique.
On steep climbs you must remain seated or the rear will start to spin. If set up tubeless and lower air pressure that would help with better traction. On deep sand they were wondering, again lower air pressure would help with floatation. Over all this tires performed beyond my expectations. I'm saving these tires for race day only.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$65.00
Purchased At: Bike Bling
Similar Products Used: Kenda SB8
Bike Setup: Ibis Mojo SL xtr everything and Mavic 819 ust on chris king hubs.
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cabbgage
a Racer
from spainDate Reviewed: July 20, 2008
Strengths: light, fast, predictable gripWeaknesses: not as grippy as other tyres on loose stuff, forget them in the wet, wear out fastBottom Line: great racing tyre, i bought the tubeless version...no problems fitting or with punctures, back tyres is about half worn out after only 10 hours, so they are expensive to run. Grip here in dry hard pack spain is good, they move about a lot but is predictable and fun. If you ride mud i'd forget them, but for a dry sunny race..go for them and leave the others behind!...really fast!
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$65.00
Purchased At: bikedock.com
Similar Products Used: bald old tyres
Bike Setup: ktm team elite
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Redfish_NL
a Weekend Warrior
from NetherlandsDate Reviewed: July 5, 2008
Strengths: -Low weight
-nice grip
-fast!Weaknesses: -expensive
-no puncture protection
-hard to keep sealed with notubes
Bottom Line: These tires are very light, unfortunately on my scale they were 305g and 327g instead of the claimed 295g.
They run nice, it's clear that it takes me less effort to sustain the same speed as other bikers with bigger tires.
I have had constant problems with notubes and these tires. They will seal quickly, but if you increase the pressure new small holes form on the sidewalls. These will also seal, but not on the trails, you have to hold the tire horizontally so the latex will touch the holes. Once you got it sealed, it works, but I've probably had 30 small holes already in my rear tire and had to repressurize the tire around 10 times in 10 days. Front tire is better and holds air pretty well. I do hope they will seal permanently so I can start driving my bike instead of pumping up my tires and wiggling the bike once every while to seal the small holes.
I also had a crack on the bottom of the tire after 5 miles, it was too big to seal with the latex, so I lost all latex as it gushed out and had to fix the tire manually. Big mess.
So far I've been very happy with these tires while I was riding my bike, they are really fast and have enough grip for XC. At home I have not been very happy with them. I spent more time fixing my tires than riding my bike and that's not why I bought these tires.
They are expensive, and they won't last very long so I think eventually I will think of them as too expensive in the long run if I have to buy new ones 3 times a year. Time will tell.
2 Chillis for value, as they cost the same as Racing ralphs/Nobby Nics etc, but will last less than half the mileage.
2 Chillis for overall rating. I do like them but so far they have been too much of a hassle to give them a 'good' rating.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$65.00
Similar Products Used: Racing Ralph, Michelin XC
Bike Setup: Hardtail 6 speed :)
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John
a Cross Country Rider
from Barrie Ontario CanadaDate Reviewed: May 25, 2008
Strengths: Lite, fast and Actually quite grippy. They convert to tubeless quite easily with Stan's sealant.Weaknesses: Not as wide as claimedBottom Line: Thees tires are grate I was surprised by how grippy they are. They took 4 minutes off my lap time and shaved almost a pound off my bike. I have them converted with Stan's on Cross max wheels and the sealed up with little effort. They are perfect for dry hard pack and trails with a little loose loamy soil over hard pack. They good on roots and rocks as long as they are reasonably dry. For their intended purpose they are tough to beat. They loose one hot chili for being narrower than claimed. The 2.0 is actually 1.78.
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: The Shop where I work (Bike Zone)
Similar Products Used: Roll X, Pythons, Nevegals, NBX lite And lot of others.
Bike Setup: Ellsworth Epiphany
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