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Description:
- single ply construction
- Dual Tread Compound (DTC) for greater tread life and excellent cornering grip
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Submitted by
SingleTrackLovr
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | CT pine CO | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$43.00 | | Strengths: | AM riding: 2.2 F/R Exellent traction in loose gravel over hard pack. Climbs well in wet gravel.
DH 2.4F / 2.2R Exellent traction in turns on dry trails | | Weaknesses: | weight, holds mud
These babies are really heavy when packed with mud. | | Similar Products Used: | Kenda Tomac Nevegal Kevlar Tire DTS 2.35F/R
| | Bike Setup: | Yeti AS-x, 160mm Fox36 float | | Bottom Line: | When it's dry and rocky these are my favorite tires. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bj
a Cross Country Rider
from snoqualmie, wa
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tiger Mt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Fairly grippy and works well on hardpack fire roads as well as technical singletrack. Supple sidewall seems to search out traction when climbing. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy for an XC 2.2 tire with a wimpy sidewall. Supple sidewall causes the tire to swim left and right at lower pressures and traction gets poor with high pressure. Not great traction over wet rocks and roots. Feel a bit slow going up. | | Similar Products Used: | Nevegal, Timberwolf, Minion, Prowler XT, | | Bike Setup: | Scott Ransom 10 | | Bottom Line: | Maybe a good socal tire but not great for wet winter coming in Seattle. Supple 120 tpi sidewall is both good and bad - depending on what you ride. This tire will serve you well in dry, technical stuff. I don't think this is the best wet weather tire - The telonix trail is in Santa Cruz so maybe that is where this tire excels.
This tire is a 4 chili tire in it's element. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Downhiller
from Hood River
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Purchased At: | Mtn View | | Strengths: | Strong sidewalls, no probs yet descending at 28psi (185 lb rider). Great in dusty/loose. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, at 1,050g for a 2.4 folding bead. The skinny and tall knobs dig in, making long climbs tough. The tall/skinny knobs, combined with the wide spacing between the center knobs and side knobs, gives it a bit of squirrelly feel on hardpack at speed. | | Similar Products Used: | Kenda Nevegal 2.5, Panaracer Fire FR 2.4, Maxxis High Roller 2.5, WTB Dissent 2.5 | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Rogue w/ Totem fork. | | Bottom Line: | Decscending in loose/dusty conditions, I can link jumps and ride technical sections of trail where my Nevegals have gone out from under me. A great tire if you're doing slower, technical descents in loose/dusty conditions (Bootleg Canyon, etc.)
Look elsewhere (Nevegal/WTB Dissent) if you're doing high speed descents on hardpack trails (A-line type riding).
I'd give them a 5 in loose conditions, and a 3 for price, climbing, and high speeds, for a 4 overall.
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Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Pagosa Springs, CO, USA
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Monarch Crest | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Strengths: | big & heavy (1050 g. for folding bead 2.4's) | | Weaknesses: | The rubber on the DTC compound side lugs is way too soft. | | Similar Products Used: | Hansventure, Smoke, Dart | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse MK3 Expert | | Bottom Line: | I purchased these to replace the hansventure tires that came on my iron horse. I can push the side lugs over with my thumb until they touch the side wall!! I guess they might be good in the mud, but for trails varying from rock to sand to hard pack they really suck. It looks like a nice tread pattern but the lack of integrity on the side lugs ruins them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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