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Submitted by
Nate
a Racer
from Utah
Date Reviewed: January 23, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Did well in looser stuff, low rolling resistance | | Weaknesses: | Tiny air volume, packed up with mud relatively quickly, wore extremely quickly | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized stuff, Panaracer FireXCs, IRC Serac XC, Hutchinson Python, Tioga Red Pheonix | | Bike Setup: | GT ID-XC 1.0 | | Bottom Line: | These were a panic tire, purchased about an hour before a race for 20 bucks for the pair. I had no idea what they were or what they would do, I knew they were skinny and light. They did okay in the mud during the race until they packed up, but sketchy cornering due to the small air volume (these could pass for cross tires) made going down switchbacks hell. After the race, about 50 percent of the knobs on my rear tire had been torn off. The back was a semi-slick after about 2 weeks, and the front soon followed. Bad tire! MSRP on these is WAY too high... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Racer
from Houston
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | rocky hill ranch | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$37.00 | | Purchased At: | prefer not to say | | Strengths: | weight, width, mud traction | | Weaknesses: | a bit pricy (is that how you spell that?) 80 bones for the pair retail | | Similar Products Used: | wtb racing raptors 46/50 | | Bike Setup: | '00 GF Kaitai, SID XC, CK headset, XT RD, a few tweeks (I can't tell you all my secrets, hehe) | | Bottom Line: | I'm glad my competetion wasn't running these tires this past weekend at the WARDA RACE. go check out www.tmbra.org to see some postings. This race was probably the muddiest race in recent memory. All my pro/expert friends told to run skinny tires so i got the sedona 185's from geax. these ripped @$$ in the mud. althouh i finished a paultry 16th, i attribute my finishing at all to these tires. great trakshun in the soupy mess that was the track. I was lactic 2 and a half miles into it. gotta keep peddling though.
bottom line, the geax sedona 185 made the difference. they won't be coming off my rims anytime soon.. unless i get new rims, that is. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from mississauga,ontario
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Kenfra, but only on tuesday | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Fast rolling, supple for a 1.85 | | Similar Products Used: | Notos 1.7, conti XC pro 1.5, smoke 1.9, mythos 1.95, spec dirt control/master | | Bike Setup: | I used these on a rocky mountain vertex, I normally ride a steel,(whatever I haven't used up) bicycle | | Bottom Line: | Surprised at how little squirm there was on hardpack and pavement as the knobs are quite tall and narrow, plenty of traction for a racing knobby but a little heavy compared to its direct competition; about 1/4 pound more per tire. Not a bad buy but there are better choices available | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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