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Submitted by
Kevin
a Racer
from Winnipeg, MB Canada
Date Reviewed: 12/5/2007 8:52:19 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Birch |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $50 |
| Strengths: | FAST rolling, light weight |
| Weaknesses: | Thin Sidewall, can not be converted to tubeless very easily |
| Similar Products Tried: | pythons, explorers |
| Bike Setup: | nrs, sid, xt, 717s |
| Bottom Line: | Great race tire, good side knobs for cornering. Lasts for a few years of racing (race only tire BTW). |
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Submitted by
Rick Moore
a Cross Country Rider
from Iron Mountain, MI
Date Reviewed: 11/23/2007 6:55:55 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Fumee |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $41 |
| Purchased At: | World Cycling Productions |
| Strengths: | Superlight, decent traction, corners better than I would have expected. |
| Weaknesses: | Thin sidewalls do allow Stan's to leak through. Proper maintenence is required. Short tread life. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Panaracer, Specialized, Kenda, Bontrager |
| Bottom Line: | If super light weight is you goal, these are your tires. These tires hook up very well in spite of their diminutive footprint. The key for me was using Stan's, only one flat tire in 1,000 miles. |
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Submitted by
Sam Barley
a Racer
from England
Date Reviewed: 6/13/2007 1:14:42 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | SUPERLIGHT!!!!! This thing picks up speed like nothing else, really low rotating weight makes it damn fast!! Also very sticky compound and works extremely well with Stan's, with which they work first time no problem and inflate to what looks like a 2" which is reassuring. |
| Weaknesses: | None yet. They say on the package they have reduced protection but with Stan's I don't feel a thing anyway, so... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Michelin, Bontrager... |
| Bike Setup: | Giant Anthem frame, Rebas, DT 240s/Stan's/Revolution, sram x9, XT crankset and Front mech, Selle Italia SLR XC Gel Flow... |
| Bottom Line: | Best tyres I have ever seen! Amazing grip, acceleration, compatibility and ease of use with stan's... Continental really take the piss out of Schwalbe Racing Ralphs with this!!! My mate with otherwise the same wheelset as me punctured and ripped his loads even though they are a good 100g heavier! Tread lasts longer too! What else can I say?! Simply the best! |
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Submitted by
Will Curtis
a Racer
from San Rafael
Date Reviewed: 6/3/2007 4:23:22 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $35 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson |
| Strengths: | Really light, DO WORK WITH STAN"S (ACTUALLY VERY EASILY), roll fast. |
| Weaknesses: | they tend to feel falt most of the time when they are not, and, obviously, have very low traction due to lack of tread. |
| Similar Products Tried: | karma, python, etc. |
| Bike Setup: | Kona Kula Primo w/ SRAM XO/XTR set-up, fox fork, Magura Martas, stan's ZTR Olympic wheels |
| Bottom Line: | you get what you pay for: an EXTREMELY light, fast rolling tire w/ little rolling resistance, but with very low tread and downhill ability |
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Submitted by
Jason Scott
a Cross Country Rider
from Overland Park, KS, USA
Date Reviewed: 2/15/2007 7:00:56 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Clinton Lake |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $80 |
| Purchased At: | Don't remember |
| Strengths: | Light weight, decent traction |
| Weaknesses: | NOT compatible with Stan's No Tubes, decent traction... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Hutchy Mosquito Airlight |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 9.9, SID race carbon, 20 lbs. |
| Bottom Line: | I bought these because they would JUST tip the scales on my bike to under 20 lbs (over the Hutchison Mosquito tires I previously used). I run tubeless rims, so run Stan's No Tubes. Using the standard amount of Stan's, these things don't hold air very well. A dip in the bathtub shows thousands of tiny air bubbles leaking through the sidewalls. I guess that's the cost of super-thin sidewalls. You have to air them up every day if you don't use tubes. Granted, these tires are FAST. They accelerate great. Even climbing hills, I rarely lose traction. My biggest complaint is in the cornering department. On twisty trails, I consistently find myself losing ground to heavier tires with more bite. I switched back to the mosquito tires, and my lap times immediately dropped. I'll probably never switch back to them. |
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Submitted by
Kevin
a Racer
from Winnipeg, MB Canada
Date Reviewed: 7/24/2006 10:28:21 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | RedWing |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | 30 |
| Strengths: | Fast, low rolling resistance, decent overall traction and good cornering, very low weight |
| Weaknesses: | obviously prone to pinch flats |
| Similar Products Tried: | maxxis flyweights, conti explorers, hutchinson pythons too many others to list |
| Bike Setup: | nrs, xt, skareb, carbon this + that |
| Bottom Line: | great race tires in most conditions - extreme wet or rock excluded. very fast acceleration and full side knobs make them a good turning tire. best race tire i have ever used. |
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Submitted by
Wietse Willemse
a Racer
from Tilburg, Netherlands
Date Reviewed: 6/2/2006 7:24:02 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Dorst |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | Peerke´s Bike & Coffee |
| Strengths: | Very light, low rolling resistence and therefore very fast |
| Weaknesses: | Flats due to snake bites in rocky areas, wears fast |
| Similar Products Tried: | Conti explorer protection |
| Bike Setup: | Custom scandium hardtail, Shimano XT, Hayes HFX-9 brakes, Mavic XC717 wheels, Skareb Super fork |
| Bottom Line: | For XC competition on fast courses theses tires are great. When you use them in rocky terrain they constantly flat due to snakebites and I weigh only 60kg and do not ride that aggressive. Using a thicker tube and more pressure in the tires does help, but makes riding too harsh and uncontrolable imho. |
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