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Schwalbe Hans Dampf Tire
Product DescriptionThe Schwalbe Hans Dampf was designed to take any rider to any and every part of the mountain. The tread pattern was designed as an all condition tire which makes it useful in dry loose terrain to wet rooty and rocky terrain.Schwalbe Hans Dampf Pro Review
The all condition’s mountain-bike tire, are tubeless ready with a non-directional tread pattern, and uses their tough SnakeSkin sidewalls, and was designed for dry and loose or wet and rooty and rocky terrain. The tires use their Triple Star rubber compound design, specifically the TrailStar version (High Performance Trail Ride Compound). I have been thrashing a set of Hans Dampf’s, which roughly translates to “jack-of-all-trades”, on and off for six months, and they’re a good all around tire with excellent durability. Continue reading →
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stace klinger Date Reviewed: May 12, 2013 Strengths: grip, hold, confidence inspiring. beastly meaty tires that make everything else look like they came off a toys-r-us bike Weaknesses: slow roll, not terrible though, rear tire wears FAST. although worth it. Bottom Line: 
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Stripes
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: February 17, 2013 Strengths: It's a tractor. It rolls over everything, even at high pressure. Climbs great. Weaknesses: Its cornering is horrible. Washing out leaning the bike because I'm used to Specialized Butchers and Maxxis Minions and even the Kenda Small Block 8s. None of those tires wash out like this does. Found it climbs better than descends. Since I ride a 160mm travel bike to go downhill, not really ideal. Oh yeah, and of course it's expensive. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any singletrack Similar Products Used: Minions, High Rollers, Butchers, Ardents Bike Setup: 160mm travel 
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JMH
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: January 16, 2013 Strengths: Great traction in many conditions. Side knobs are well supported by the sidewall and give superior cornering performance. Rolling resistance is pretty good for such a capable tire and the rounded profile has no gaps or vague areas when transitioning from center to side knobs. Rubber compound is soft and grippy, oh so grippy. Weaknesses: Knobs undercut fairly quickly (Trail Star Compound) so I am going to try running the Pace Star version on the rear this season to see if I can get a bit longer life out of a pair. And since they're Schwalbes they're costly. It's hard to give a quick-wearing expensive tire 5 Chilis. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2012 Bike Setup: Niner W.F.O. 9
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flowrob
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: October 26, 2012 Strengths: Super Grip in all conditions, strong sidewall, great braking power and after 2 1/2 month still a lot of rubber left. Weaknesses: so far none Bottom Line: 
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bigjp
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: July 17, 2012 Strengths: trail star Version grips really really well on just about every trail surface that exists in Utah regardless of the lean angle (that was before 90% of the outside cornering knobs started to tear off at the base), the pace star version rolls extremely well but does not have any where near the same grip as the slower rolling trail star compound Weaknesses: Expensive, EXTREMELY LOW Durability (trail star version was toast as 90% of the outside cornering knobs were tearing off after only 2-3 months on front, and I noticed that the pace star version I bought to replace it has a lot of chunks missing from various knobs after about 1 month of use in the front), Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Gooseberry Messa Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $80.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: kenda nevegal (2.35, 2.1 dtc), kenda excavator(2.34 dtc), maxis high roller (2.35 60a), specalized enduro (2.4 ust), specalized escar (2.3 controol), continental trailking (2.2 black chili ust), wtb weirwolf (2.1 comp) Bike Setup: 160mm trail bike 
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Martin
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: June 14, 2012 Strengths: Great tracking and stability, great grip in both dry, muddy, and wet condition. Do'nt understad some reviewers who says that the tyre wet abilities are bad. I absolutely love this tyre. Handles really well all of what i encounter on local trails such as slick rocks, sharp rocks, loamy ground, rock gardens, rock stairs, wooden foot bridges, roots. One big difference from previous fron tire (Nobby Nick) is that i can decend steep technical parts just by braking my way down, this on parts were i earlier had to climb off my bike and walk, even in wet conditions i just point and shoot. For my kind of riding these are the best iv'e tried so far.. Weaknesses: Some mention rolling resistance but i don't know. Okay they are a bit hevier at 765g, and don't roll as easy as the Nobby's but they on the other hand offered no traction at all so i praise grip more over light rolling so i really do not see this as negative. My guess is if you had a grippy mounted before the you would not notice any difference switching to HD's Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Purchased At: bike-discount.de Similar Products Used: Kenda Nevegal Stick-E 2.5" Schwalbe Nobby Nick 2.25" PaceStar Maxxis Larsen TT 2.35" Bike Setup: Ibis Mojo Carbon 140mm travel front/rear. 75kg rider weight and about 11.5-12kg bike weight Hans Dampf 2.35" TrailStar 23-25 PSI (1.6-1.8 Bar) up in front Kenda Nevegal Stick-E 2.5 on rear wheel at 26-28 PSI
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ferday
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: June 13, 2012 Strengths: Strong sidewalls, works ok in all conditions, predictable, consistent, great slow speed tire Weaknesses: Terrible in the wet, master of none, doesn't like aggressive cornering, clears mud poorly, rolls slow and noisy, the faster you go the less the tire grips Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Price Paid:
$48.00 Purchased At: JensonUSA Similar Products Used: Dozens and dozens of tires Bike Setup: Balfa 2step
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Huck Pitueee
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: June 9, 2012 Strengths: Seems to be a durable tire. Rolls well for it's size and weight. Weaknesses: The performance compound 2.3 model I tested had very little grip on dry Sierra Ca. rock. On wet rock the tires slid in a bad way. The rounded profile combined with tightly spaced knobs doesn't corner well on dry powdery stuff. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Poodles on Maui Price Paid: $4000.00 Similar Products Used: Kenda Nevegals Bike Setup: Mojo HD built heavy
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castnblastut Date Reviewed: June 1, 2012 Strengths: Fantastic grip in all sorts of conditions. Mount Tubeless very easily. Weaknesses: Price. Construction. Wear. Bottom Line:
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Poison Oak
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: April 19, 2012 Strengths: This tire rocks. It sticks like velcro to loose gravel over hard pack, mud, roots, and chunky rutty wasteland. This tire is very predictable and loves to be shoved into the turns. It took me a couple rides to get used to how far these tires lean before letting go. Once I did, these tires really came alive. When they do let go, it's no big deal. They slide. They recover. They beg for more. Weaknesses: After a month, they don't seem to be wearing too quickly, but I will need to keep an eye out. They seem to roll a bit slower than my previous set up, but it is not too big a deal. They main problem is the price. The price point is just outrageous. that said, the price is not a deal breaker. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Secret Squirrel Similar Products Used: WTB 2.3 Bronson TCS (front) WTB 2.3 Weirwolf TCS (rear) Bike Setup: Santa Cruz BLTc with an X0 drive train and brakes, rolling i9 all mountain wheels
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ChipM
a All Mountain Rider
from San Diego, CA, US Date Reviewed: March 14, 2012 Strengths: Great grip in all of the conditions I tend to ride in, which is mostly dry- being that it doesn't rain much here in SoCal. Huge volume, these work great tubeless with low pressures. I've never managed to burp them and I run around 28 psi and hit some decent sized jumps, drops and rocks. These grip well and when they start to slide they're very predictable, unlike the Nevegals I replaced. The softer TrailStar compound is a great front tire, but wears VERY fast on the rear. I recommend the hard compound PaceStar for the rear. These are HUGE for a 2.35 by the way, pretty much the same size as a 2.5 DH casing Nevegal (and Kenda tends to run large already!) There's just barely enough clearance to run this tire on the back of my Nomad C. Weaknesses: Pretty expensive compared to the Kendas I used to run, but if you can find a good deal on them they aren't too bad. MSRP is a joke... almost $100 per tire?? The TrailStar compound wears out VERY fast when used as a rear tire. After a month and a half of riding my rear tire didn't have any intermediate knobs left and the side knobs wear tearing away from the tire. I switched to the harder compound PaceStar in the rear and it's holding up well. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Downieville Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $65.00 Purchased At: Bike Bling Similar Products Used: Kenda Nevegal, Small Block8, Maxxis Ignitor, etc. Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Nomad C, set up relatively beefy for the more DH side of all-mountain.
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gschacht
a Weekend Warrior
from Portland, OR, USA Date Reviewed: November 11, 2011 Strengths: Great traction in light mud, loose gravel, wet roots, hard pack, you name it. Very predictable and gradual slip when at the limit or in heavier mud. Very large volume, work well at low PSI. A great all mountain tire. Weaknesses: a bit stiff ridding due to stiff sidewalls, required an air compressor to mount on UST rims. Price is painful. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Forest Park trails/fire lanes Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $69.00 Purchased At: Universal Cycles web Similar Products Used: NA Bike Setup: Diamondback Mission, Easton Haven UST wheels. Run at 23 PSI/front - 27PSI/rear with Stans. Note: Mine weighed in at 770 grams. Still chasing the optimum air pressure setting.
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