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Submitted by
coke
a Cross Country Rider
from quezon city, philippines
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | montalban | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | durable,superb traction on the road and dry trails | | Weaknesses: | too heavy,has no mud shredding properties,front tires aren't good on muddy,slippery trails | | Similar Products Used: | michelin cross country | | Bike Setup: | NRS 3,rock shox revelation | | Bottom Line: | a very durable tire,but not too good on descending slippery and wet trails..it is however perfect for arid cross country riding if you are not too meticulous about the bike's weight | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Downhiller
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Canada Olympic Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Rental Shop | | Bottom Line: | Weeeeeeeeee!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Droges
a Downhiller
from Nb, Can
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | your momma, (j/k) | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Width(not to bulky). Wears great. Pince resistance. Great traction. | | Weaknesses: | May not be best in gravel or loose hardpack. | | Similar Products Used: | michelin wild grippers, ritchie climbmax | | Bike Setup: | 01 RM Slayer w/louise brake levers. Platform\clipless pedal combo. | | Bottom Line: | I am an avid rider\free rider and have thrown everything at these tires for the last 2 years. Rocky climbs, fast downhillls,dirtjumps,pavement,rocky branch sections, anything you can think of, these tires have seen it. And the back tire now has noticable wear but is still dishing out the traction. I may ride them for 1 more season unless traction is drastictly lost(need snow tires). In the mud yesterday they still held their ground.
For 2 years I have never had a flat with even doing drops and stairs. They are tough.
When I first got the bike and tires, they did seem to slide out on loose hardpack and gravel. It scared me. But now being comfortable with both, they are perdictable and I can fly down trails at top speed with full confidence in them. Going from a 2.1 to a wider tire, the extra width handles great but you don't get the excess bulkage of the wider tires.
These are great allround tires, just be carefull in the loose sections.
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Submitted by
James
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: March 6, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | the back tire has good traction | | Weaknesses: | the front tire loves to slide out in corners- I have no idea why but suspect is has something to do with the way maxxis curved it. THESE TIRES ARE THIN AND WEAK! I GOT A PUNCTURE THROUGH THE TOP OF MY BACK TIRE JUST RIDING ON THE ROAD THROUGH SOME THORNS. IT PUT A HUGE RIP IN THE TIRE AND I FLATTED DUE TO THIS AND NOW HAVE TO THROW A PRETTY NEW TIRE OUT. Even though they say DH on them they are weak and could never be used for DH. Alternatively they are heavy and aren't ideal for xc for this reason.... | | Similar Products Used: | panaracer smoke/dart/fire xc pro (all of these are awesome), wtb velociraptor (awesome tire), kona tires (alright) | | Bike Setup: | brodie bruzza | | Bottom Line: | I wouldn't buy them. Too heavy for xc and too thin and weak for DH/Freeride, also the grip on the front is TERRIBLE. It looks good but it sucks. Don't buy them. Recommend panaracer fire xc's as you can get them cheaper (the wire version) and they grab alot better (even though they are 2.1 and the maxxis are 2.35). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
C
a Cross Country Rider
from Gunnison, Colorado
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Weaknesses: | Terrible in sand. | | Bottom Line: | Just an update to my previous review. Mofo's are terrible in sand.
I discovered some new trails with sandy turns. I felt the front tire give a few a times but didn't think much of it. The other day I tried keeping up with a faster rider when I hit a small patch of sand. It stopped me completely. I busted my knee on a rock, banged my shins on the frame and twisted my ankle.
I'll be switching tires shortly, something along the lines of Panaracer Fires, Irc Mythos, or Hutchinson Pythons.
Mofo's are great if you go sraight down hill with minimal turning. But I wouldn't recommend them for single track curves with sand. You'll eat dirt like I did. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
C
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Real beefy tire. Gets good grip. I don't get pinch flats any more, even when psi is lower then recomended settings. Takes a long time for them to wear out. | | Weaknesses: | Only thing I don't like about 'em is the weight. They're about twice as heavy as a normal XC tire. | | Similar Products Used: | Hutchingson Mosquito | | Bike Setup: | Jamis frame decked out with a Duke XC, XT/LX drivetrain, and Mavic rims. | | Bottom Line: | Great tires for the money. I use them even though I'm an XC rider. Only bad thing is the weight but these are DH specific tires. The rear tire grips realy good on rocky climbs and the front tire improves braking. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Casivel
a Downhiller
from Portugal
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Downhill/Dual &Bi-cross tracks | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Strengths: | Stiffness, quality of rubber, grip | | Weaknesses: | none until now | | Similar Products Used: | Tioga Factory DH | | Bike Setup: | Fork Marzocchi Z4, Frame Identiti Dr. Jekyl, Alivio/Deore/Deore XT, Disc Front & Rear, Vuelta Excalibur Front, Mavic D321 Rear. | | Bottom Line: | Very good on tracks, rocks and similar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bruce Edge
a Cross Country Rider
from Calabasas, CA
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | suicide | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | stupidgo | | Strengths: | big knobs, no flats.
It's OK in soft stuff. | | Weaknesses: | Side knobs tear and fold over, causing you to eat it. This happens any time you pull hard lateral Gs on hardpack or slickrock.
The worst thing about it is that you can't tell when it's going to let go. It just happens without warning. | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing as unpredictable as this tire, ever.
| | Bike Setup: | Joker, dorado, XT, no more MOFOs | | Bottom Line: | The look better than they work. Admittedly, I was only using it in front, but I can't see how having one in the back would have helped.
3 value chilis because they were dirt cheap.
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Submitted by
Joshua
a
from Canada
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Good DH stability, will roll over anything at the right speed. | | Weaknesses: | Traction basically sucks for climbing in anything but perfect conditions. I could not get these tires to hook up the way they should (and the way a lot of other people here seem to have been able to). I've tried all kinds of pressures but they still slip, ruining many otherwise excellent climbs. In mud, they WILL NOT CLEAR even after going out on a fire road and riding fast to try & clear them! they really like to pack with mud and stay that way. | | Similar Products Used: | WTBs, Ritcheys, Panaracers, Specialized, whatever | | Bottom Line: | I can't recommend these tires because I've lost traction too many times, front and rear. I've had the front end slide out on me on corners as well as spinning out on climbs that other riders (with other tires) had no problems on. They are good if you are ONLY interested in pointing the bike downhill and bombing. the first week I had them I had 3 flats...on close inspection I found that each time, like a hundred thorns had penetrated & stuck into the casing in between the knobbies. I had ridden this particular area with other tires & not had any problems...ended up having to run the tire with a superthick puncture-resistant tube after replacing the tube a bunch of times. The tires came stock on my bike, and they are no longer on my bike, enough said. I still give them a 2 because...I guess it could be worse, they might have exploded off the rims or something. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Marblehead, MA
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Lynn Woods | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo.com | | Strengths: | thick casing, climbs well. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bike Setup: | Bullit | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the rear tire only. Great tire for the price. It climbs well, thick side, and excellent traction. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mangker
a Downhiller
from Manila, Philippines
Date Reviewed: May 8, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Strengths: | Dirt cheap (they are here in my country)
Bad ass looks. rides well. | | Weaknesses: | the front seems loose on really "dusty" downhill areas. | | Similar Products Used: | Maxxis Swapthing, WTB Velociraptor | | Bike Setup: | GT Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This tire is way better than the swapthings ive been using for almost a year and way way better than the f#$@ass WTB velociraptors. Havent got a flat since i used it. with the WTB, ive had 5 flats in one month, and it aint from downhilling but simply riding urban trails. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt
a Downhiller
from VIenna, Virginia, USA
Date Reviewed: March 8, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Rear has good traction | | Weaknesses: | seriously lacks in pinch flat resistance. I flatened two nokian dh tubes in two days. I was not happy but riding down stairs does that i geuss. Front sucks. | | Bike Setup: | 01 rm6, 99 boxxer, rhyno lites, hayes w/ 8in rotors, irc kujo 2.65 front, tioga 2.3 dh rear, race face turbine dh cranks, MRP dual slalom, azonic bar, hehehe i love my bike. | | Bottom Line: | If they come stock on your bike dont worry about it... there not that bad. But never buy them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Perry Graham
a Weekend Warrior
from Tempe, AZ, US
Date Reviewed: January 31, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | National trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Price, traction. Can run lower pressures without fear of pinch flats. Relatively light for size of tire | | Weaknesses: | None found yet | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized tires | | Bike Setup: | Mountain Cycle San Andreas with all high end components, Chris King, Race Face, Thompson, XTR Hayes Hydro | | Bottom Line: | I've been climbing and bombing back down Mormon/National trail for > 1year with no problems. Tread gettting low now. Probably due for a replacement in the next couple of months. Good thing I bought spares | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan Kasper
a Weekend Warrior
from Annandale,NJ
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Any trail that I like | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclesmith | | Strengths: | Outstanding traction, tough tires good looks, aggressive tread. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | WTB MotoRaptors | | Bike Setup: | Giant Warp DS1, the works. | | Bottom Line: | Out standing tire, anything I throw at them they will take, I would highly recommend this tire to another person. It goes through sand without a problem, the feel when running on the road is outstanding, and you got to love the orange stripe. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Foose
a Cross Country Rider
from Sapporo, Japan
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$12.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | Suckers rule in climbing/descending in the fall mud. Got'em as a seasonal tire for that hard to rage in generally wet fal/spring stuff. 1st rainy day out had to do the muddiest climb just to see; yep they made it like a champ. | | Weaknesses: | Could inspire reckless abandon on downhills, I'm doing s##t faster now in the mud than I was doing in summer, going with the force kinda stuff. | | Similar Products Used: | Never used anything this gnarly before just your x-c stuff; darts, mythos, wildgripper,they're not bad but these rule. | | Bike Setup: | run of the mill Cannondale, Time ATAC pedals, lost the Shimano V brake pads for some NO NAMECHEAP THICK ALL WEATHER | | Bottom Line: | SO they're not as lite but YOU WILL climb better, and LAUGH on the Descents like never before. HIghly Recommend for spring/fall riding, They're wide tires so you may want to re-route your derailler cables if your Cannondale has the old parrellel route to the newer style cross over route. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tino
a
from Manchester, NH
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | freeride | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Strengths: | rolls over anything with lots of stability, meant to take a beating, thick sidewalls mean fewer flats, built to handle low psi, corners pretty good in most conditions | | Weaknesses: | sketchy handling on dry hardpack stuff | | Similar Products Used: | maxxis mobster, michelin hot s | | Bike Setup: | '01 RM Pipeline - Marzocchi long travel, Hayes discs, LX/XT/SRAM, Race face, rhyno lites | | Bottom Line: | A great tire for DH/freeride. It does everything a good DH tire should do with out being really heavy or fat. Just watch out for these things on hardpack....its gets kinda sketchy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Afroman
a Downhiller
from Nor Cal
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything that goes down. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Trailhead cyclery | | Strengths: | Look good. Seem like they would work. | | Weaknesses: | Weak tires.
No traction. | | Bike Setup: | RM6 | | Bottom Line: | I assume these tires would be good in wetter conditions, but they just didn't cut it around here in the summer time. The cornering stability and traction was the worst i've ever seen. Worked pretty good for going straight down. Blew the rear one out running at 35psi going down a semi-fast fire road, big hole in the sidewall. I'll give em 2 chilis overall cuz I think they would be ok in the winter when things are wet and muddy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Racer
from England
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$36.00 | | Strengths: | Big & stable @ high pressures | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, pinch flat easily if run @ low pressures | | Bike Setup: | Mission trials master, maguras, 48 spoke mission wheels | | Bottom Line: | Good tyre for DH & Dual but crap for trials as it is too heavy and is unstable at low pressures & it pinch flats easily. So I say if your a Trials rider stay away from it but if you do DH or Dual it's a good tyre. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 20, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$32.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | hold awsome in corners
good for loose rocky conditions
and you can even climb on them | | Weaknesses: | little heavy but worth it on the down hill | | Similar Products Used: | wtb raptor 2.3"
tioga factory dh | | Bike Setup: | rocky mountain element, Z1's, XT disc brakes, full XT, race face north shore cranks and bb, | | Bottom Line: | they climb well and track downhill like its going out of style...great f*%kin tires and cheap cheap cheap.....if you like to climb just to ride back down the hill after....then these are the tires for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Loch Miwa
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago, IL
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Jensen.com | | Strengths: | Great traction cheap! | | Weaknesses: | A little heavy. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB EnduroRaptors | | Bike Setup: | '00 RockHopper A1 Comp FSR
'98 Rockshox Judy XL
BETD 6" rear travel kit | | Bottom Line: | Can't beat the price!
I got the 2.35" versions (front and rear) mounted on Sun RhynoLite rims for freeride use. This is a great combination.
I don't do downhill, so I can't comment on how they work for that, but they're perfect for my uses. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Demale
a Weekend Warrior
from Kamloops B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Full Boar Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$52.00 | | Purchased At: | Mountain Equipment co-op | | Strengths: | These tires have great nobs for the traction you need. They roll smooth and corner well. Not that heavey either.(2.35)F Tire | | Weaknesses: | When turning, they don't catch the side nobs till the last moment and it almost feels like your going to fall (F). Other wise, NOTHING | | Similar Products Used: | Panracer Fire DH. | | Bike Setup: | Devinci with Judy XCs (4") Mofo Tires | | Bottom Line: | If you want a great DH tire at a great price, Then this is the tire to buy. You know it is a reliable because it is a Maxxis. I love this Tire. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a
from carp
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Good grip, preictable tire, good in loose stuff | | Weaknesses: | got a pinchflat/snakebite riding around town! i had the right pressure in them too. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB velociraptors-good but theres better, Kenda kenetics- best tire for price but difficult to find. | | Bike Setup: | 98 GT LTS, Manitou DC fork, titec cockpit, mrp, 9.0sl, mammoth rims/xt disc hubs, hayes discs, xt cranks. | | Bottom Line: | well designed tread but on the ones I had they easily pinch flated. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Frank
a Downhiller
from Pearl City, HI
Date Reviewed: August 5, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Well these tires have got a lot to appreciate. I used to ride the front tire only and liked it. With the rite tire preasure you can run these in almost any condition. I just bought a Maxxis Mobster with the 50(soft) rubber. and the old mofo in the back and well it even worked well in the back. But for now I think you'd want to get the mobster for the front and the high roller for the back if you're going to race down hill. | | Weaknesses: |
propper tire preasure and weighing the front tire is life or death with these tires. | | Similar Products Used: |
Specilized evil twin HC
maxxis mofo f | | Bike Setup: |
in the front i used a Z1 and when in the back it was on my stab. | | Bottom Line: | These are good tires but not for dh racing. Trail and aggresive riders will loose nothing and gain everything by owning these tires. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Masa
a Downhiller
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: July 30, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Strong, Slides very nice. | | Weaknesses: |
Does not have much traction.(As a down hill tire) | | Similar Products Used: |
Tioga 2.3(very good traction, but not very strong) | | Bike Setup: |
Mofo DH, front and rear | | Bottom Line: | This tire slides very nice and controllable.You can control your bike very easily even when your bike's front and rear are sliding.
I rather have more traction though. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Weekend Warrior
from Waterford
Date Reviewed: July 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Patchog | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Strong sidewall and excellent tread (these things have better grip than spiderman!) | | Weaknesses: |
hmmmmmm.....
a little on the heavy side of things, but hey - it's a down hill tire what do you expect! | | Similar Products Used: |
Bontrager Jones, Panaracer Dart, Specialized Team Control, WTB raptors | | Bike Setup: |
Trek VRX 400 | | Bottom Line: | These tires rock! I picked up this tire at my LBS for 30.00! What a deal for such a great tire - and Kevlar too! Yeah, they are wide (2.35), but they don't slow you down! They grip so well that you can actually go faster and have the confidence that these baby's will keep you steady! These are the best tires I have ridden on to date! Great Job Maxxis! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sick Boy
a Weekend Warrior
from Lubbock, TX
Date Reviewed: April 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Palo Duro Canyon | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Everything!!! These tires ROCK!!! Maxxis really got it right with this set of tires. They hook-up very well and never slide, they are even pretty fast on those occasional patches of pavement. I figure that's because they are fairly light too. The sidewall and tread are very puncture resistant, would take a slug from a .45 to hole 'em. | | Weaknesses: |
None. | | Similar Products Used: |
WTB VelociRaptors(sucked ass), Michelin Wildgripper Comp-S(decent), and about every tire Panaracer makes( :-P ). | | Bike Setup: |
Schwinn Homegrown with a Manitou Ti fork. | | Bottom Line: | Bottom Line? You wanna be fast and look cool by makin turns that your buddies will be eating cactus on?, go get a set of these fast muther-fer's. On the other hand, if ya want to be a poser and just LOOK FAST SITTING STILL, go and spend 50 or 60 bucks on a set of Conti's or Panaracers, just dont get pissed when I blow buy you on a trail even with my wallet heavy from all the money I saved by buying Maxxis. Have a sick day!!! | | Overall Rating: |
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