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Description:These tires are ideal for mountain bikes ridden on paved surfaces, thanks to their Slick MTB tread design.
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Submitted by
hkmeup
a Cross Country Rider
from Harbor City, CA USA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$23.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Very fast rolling tire, kevlar bead, lightweight (388 grams), perfect width for my mountain bike, spin nice and true with no wobbles, no punctures yet, cornering grip. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Fat Boy, Tioga City Slicker, Kenda Kwest, Ritchey Tom Slick. | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight. Run these tires with Peformance 1.1-1.4 standard presta tubes. | | Bottom Line: | Just an awesome tire. These tires roll as fast or faster than the Specialized Fat Boys while being easier to mount and offering a more compliant ride. Way faster than the other slick/semi slick tires I've used. I've been using these during the workweek on my Superlight and then bang on my second set of wheels with knobby tires for the weekend (no road bike for me!). Racking up serious road miles is easy with the Xeniths. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jim
a
from Sydney
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | No tread at all. | | Weaknesses: | No tread at all. | | Similar Products Used: | Metro Duro IIs | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC, Deore LX, SRAM X7, Avid 7s | | Bottom Line: | I've ridden 1000km on these now. Brilliant on bitumen & concrete. No resistance at all & no noise - excellent traction on corners and braking and very resistant to point punctures. This makes them perfect for urban commuting. I reckon they have more grip than Metro Duros.
Obviously not good on anything unsealed. They're also too narrow at 1.5in for hopping around a lot, which result in pinching of the inner tube and flats - but then that's not what they're designed for.\
All up these are great for commuuting and v. good value. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crash test dummy
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Grip, fast rolling, decent durability, lightweight, actually works very well on dry dirt & gravel, as well as in wet. Maxxis quality, cheap too. | | Weaknesses: | A minor point - these tire doesn't give much warning or drift, before breaking traction in corners - so when it goes - you're usually a goner too. Interesting tire to ride fast in the wet corners - try it yourself & find out! | | Similar Products Used: | IRC Metro, Continental Town & Country | | Bike Setup: | Ancient steel GT converted into peak hour commuter to take on soccer mum's SUVs! | | Bottom Line: | A great slick tire that does everything you can expect and a more. Good durability for such a grippy tire, yet rolls exceptionally well. Decent air volume within so the ride isn't as bone jarring as some other slicks in the market. Puncture resistant for a relatively supple tire. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mauricio Iwayama
a Weekend Warrior
from Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cross Country | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Speed Bikes | | Strengths: | Amazing grip at sprint, braking and cornering, durability, noise, light and puncture resistance. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Kenda Kwest 1.25 (Garbage) | | Bike Setup: | '07 Trek 6500 Disk, Full Deore XT w/ Hydraulic Dual Control Levers, Ritchey Comp, Xpedo MF-3 Pedals, Manitou Relic Super 80mm, Mavic XM317 Disc Rims w/ Aerotech Black Spokes, Maxxis Xenith 1.5 / Maxxis Tomahawk 1.95 tires | | Bottom Line: | Rode more than 1400Km with no flat!
I feel I'm rinding a Superbike with such cornering speed.
If you love fast riding and strong braking you'll love them. Best Slick tires ever! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
7.62
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Clarita
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Purchased At: | Blueskycycling.com | | Strengths: | Durable and sticky. Great traction on fast turns. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Hardrock Sport | | Bottom Line: | I've put on 2200 miles on these tires in about 8 months. The front tire has about 8 thorns and 4 pieces of glass in it and has never flatted. The rear tire has a few pieces of glass and has gone flat ONCE. Not too shabby for these tires. I'm ordering another set since these are wearing out. Great tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jeremy Chan
a Cross Country Rider
from Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | mt cootha | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Strengths: | sticky as hell, nice round profile that you can crank all the way over for urban rides/commuting. corners feels like that on my motorcycle. | | Weaknesses: | none really - although some ppl reckon they are sketchy in the wet? just get more weight over the front and lean it over - no need to worry about aquaplaning when the tire really bites into the ground when u have 80-90psi in it | | Similar Products Used: | maxxis worm drives - they rolled ok but didn't corner as progressivley or as aggressively as the xeniths | | Bike Setup: | standard 2006 giant alias | | Bottom Line: | get these tires if u love to roll fast and corner like a mad man :) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke
a Weekend Warrior
from Newcastle, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Glenrock | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | On-line store | | Strengths: | Allows high pressure inflation (80 p.s.i) so VERY fast.
Totally slick so grips like poop to a blanket on dry, clean surfaces. | | Weaknesses: | No tread means no grip in the wet. | | Similar Products Used: | First ever MTB slick. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Giant Alias with Alligator wavy rotors amd Shimano SPD-M647 pedals. | | Bottom Line: | Good honest tyre that does it's job of offering low resistance well.
Can't comment on puncture resistance as I use tyre liners. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fatih
a
from Istanbul,TURKEY
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambriabike | | Strengths: | Very light for a 26" MTB tire (390gr),
all slick !(not having any waterways as seen on some slick tires)
High pressure 80psi
Very fast tire | | Weaknesses: | weakness of tracking capability on small rocky roads
and also wet roads while turning | | Similar Products Used: | not a slick tire used before | | Bike Setup: | Trek4300, Rigida XC420 Comp. + Deore rear hub + DT spokes, '05 LX rear derailleur,Schwalbe XX Light 95gr tubes, Alivio crankset, SRAM 5.0,Michelin 2.0" Hard Terrain 465gr tire | | Bottom Line: | If u want to be a very fast rider as a NOS powered motorbike, u can buy and use this tire.
Or if u want to accelerate to 40km speed in some seconds you can use them.
I used them on my trip (500km from Istanbul to Izmir in TURKEY) I could reach 87km speed (with this MTB bike as u seen above) of course behind a truck :) but I could ride at that speed for long distances. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Racer
from San Jose, Ca
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | High Pressure Tire (60 to 80 PSI) with good rolling resistance. Puncture resistant. | | Bottom Line: | I use these tires on my MTB when commuting. I have them all setup to go on a cheap set of wheels so I can swap them out at any time. The tires work great, good grip in the wet weather (when we have it, ie SJ, CA) and good tread life. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from Madison, WI
Date Reviewed: January 13, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson | | Strengths: | roll real nice through the city, takes cracks in the road real well because of its 1.5 width, a complete slick | | Weaknesses: | a full slick so dont expect it to do anyhting good in wet surfaces | | Similar Products Used: | panaracer messenger | | Bike Setup: | crescent frame, xtr and xt all around, skareb super | | Bottom Line: | if you are looking for a tire that will get you around the streets without having to worry about dodging cracks in order to avoid pinch flats, this is the tire.. the panaracer tire was thinner and more ideal for longer road rides but sketchy in the city, haevent tried the tire in the wet yet and i think the reason is quite obvious..it has no tread | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | High-peak trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Low rolling resistance, few flats. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing major. | | Similar Products Used: | Nill | | Bike Setup: | Ridgeback genisis Day 00, mostly stock with a few upgrades | | Bottom Line: | Came Stock on my Ridgeback genisis Day 00 and are still in great condition after 2000 miles use, They have survived rougth trails, glass etc with very few flats. They are 700*23c and have a max pressure of 130PSI although I only run them at about 90-100PSI. Great for a recrational rider for use on roads and good tracks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tropicalrider
a Weekend Warrior
from Taiwan
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Taiwan LBS | | Strengths: | Light, Fast, Barely wear after 1000 kms. No punctures so far. | | Weaknesses: | Can't take curbs from an angle. Slippery on wet, but hell it's a slick! | | Similar Products Used: | Maxxis Overdrive Semi Slicks | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS with XTR M965 wheelset | | Bottom Line: | Great for cities and on-road riding/racing/touring. Much lighter than those semislicks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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