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Description:Large volume versatile cross country racing and freeride tire
Excellent grip control with very low rolling resistance
Laser with Inner Peace: 640 grams, Folding: 575 grams
Also available in 29" Dual (700c) Steel DNA: 630 grams
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Submitted by
Jason
a
from Modesto, CA
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Bottom Line: | Great tire for HARDPACK! It might even be overkill for a lot of XC courses (where a semi-slick might do the trick). It can handle "some" loose-over-hardpack terrain also. It's very fast and the sidewalls are tougher than comparable Kenda models. I would consider it a true "high volume" 2.1 tire. Can run it as a front only (with a semi-slick in the rear), rear only (with a beefier front tread), or as a pair. Buy it as long as you use it for it's intended purpose (and you'll be happy). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Royal Oak, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tree Farm | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | N/A | | Strengths: | Hooks up, hooks up, hooks up, hooks up, and very light. | | Weaknesses: | slurry. That layer of loose topsoil and rocks over hardpack you get occasionally. Of course, what tire does WELL in that? | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Jones, Kenda, some other worse things... | | Bike Setup: | Total XC. Fisher Ziggurat w/ Hope/mavic wheels, juicy 7, X7, sram 990 drivetrain, bontrager select crank | | Bottom Line: | THIS THING WORKS.
In almost any condition, This tire connects, and rolls FAST. Never had a single issue with it, except the time I forgot to pump it before a ride, slipped sideways, and popped the bead out. Of course, it was at about 15psi.
I run this as a front tire with an old style paddle tread in the rear, unlike most guys, but it works great anyway combined with fisher geometry. Particularly fast when you get leaned out just a tad, and the more aggressive parts of the tread get more ground contact.
It RAILS turns. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Racer
from Little Hill
Date Reviewed: December 18, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | B-17 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | prize, mini-clif bar toss | | Strengths: | spins up quick, no rolling resistance, sticks great in norcal dirt | | Weaknesses: | hope you have a good pedal stroke or you'll break the rear end loose in an out-of-saddle climb | | Similar Products Used: | mutano raptors, hot S (crappp), Spec. enduros, nevegals, yadda yadda | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar, skareb, full XTR, white ind./XTR wheels, conti explorer in front | | Bottom Line: | this tire is great! I've raced almost a full season on it, and it does an amazing job pushing me right along and tracking in the low turns and mucky muck. Not even in th running for a freeride-y tire, but great for an experianced XC racer. Big guys beware - you'll go through these like wet matches. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix Az
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | McDowell Mtn, Pemberton | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | low rolling resistance, immunity to flats, cornering, wear | | Weaknesses: | never tried them at anything they are not designed for, and, as such they have no weaknesses | | Similar Products Used: | riding x/c for over 20 years... too many to list. | | Bike Setup: | Fisher (Carbon) SuperCaliber, SID, Raceface, CaneCreek, Easton Bontegra... bla bla bla a light weight mile eater. | | Bottom Line: | These tires came on my wife's Sugar. Before she ever rode it I pulled them off and started throwing tires at it. She was not all that impressed with my choices, and finally, I gave in to her wishes and thru the Nano's back on... oh, they went on just fine thanks, no levers required.
Next ride, I litterally could not believe the speeds she was carry'n thru corners, and was staying totally planted. I was following, on the edge, getting squirmy... and she simply carved thru. I observed this same phenomina for several rides, then thru her wheels/tires on my bike for a "test".
First set of hight speed linked turns, and I knew I must have a set. After the "test" I was on the phone to find a set of my own.
On hard pack, and decomposed granite over hard park, these tires are flat out the most amazing things I've had pulled over a rim.
I agree with a statement, below, if you know how to ride fast which goes hand in hand with smooth, these tires excell at what they were designed for. They will not make up for lack of experience, but they will compliment an experienced rider.
The ability to stick hard in high speed turns is awesome. Rolling resistance is low low low... acceleration is very good, I've not pinch flat'd...
Climbing steeps and hard braking require rider weight shifting to take full advantage.
If you're a newbie who needs serious correction mid turn, or gets in over your head these are likely not your cup of tea.
When I go home to eastern Canada for vacation, these tires stay in Phoenix... I cannot image them being good for loam, mud, and forest cover riding in black soil.
Top marks for what thay are designed to do.
Don't let the looks fool you... like I did. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Racer
from canada
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | idk | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | good climber, good decender, all around goos tire | | Weaknesses: | not great in wet and muddy conditions | | Similar Products Used: | most WTB tire | | Bike Setup: | cannondale scalpel team | | Bottom Line: | ok first of all , to the guy who wrote about his tire being wobbly, thats not the tire! its either your rim, your hub, or when u installed the tire you didn't pump it up evenly. sorry! try re-installing the tires and pay attention to the bead being even all thru out the tire when you are pumping it up.
anyway, goos tires in dry and hardpack. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Racer
from canada
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | idk | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | good climber, good decender, all around goos tire | | Weaknesses: | not great in wet and muddy conditions | | Similar Products Used: | most WTB tire | | Bike Setup: | cannondale scalpel team | | Bottom Line: | ok first of all , to the guy who wrote about his tire being wobbly, thats not the tire! its either your rim, your hub, or when u installed the tire you didn't pump it up evenly. sorry! try re-installing the tires and pay attention to the bead being even all thru out the tire when you are pumping it up.
anyway, goos tires in dry and hardpack. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, ON
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | cyclepath oakville | | Strengths: | Excellent speed (low rolling resistance) on hardpack and pavement. Good stick on dry rooty situations and rocks. | | Weaknesses: | If it's muddy, don't expect miracles. If it's sandy, it gets dodgy. | | Similar Products Used: | A few Tiogas, Hutchinsons... some other ones. | | Bike Setup: | Kona Caldera 2005 Stock. Continental Explorer on the front. | | Bottom Line: | I run this tire on the rear, it's absolutely perfect for the typical Southern Ontario hardpack with the rocks and roots thrown in for good measure. I also commute on this tire a few times a week for 70km, and over that distance it's definitely comfortable, thanks to the centre line that reduces rolling resistance on pavement. I would buy this tire again for the rear... It doesn't seem agressive enough for the front though...
Great for hardpack/dry... I'm switching it once the cold weather/rain comes though... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
shmargolin
a
from Santa Barbara, CA
Date Reviewed: December 26, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Low rolling resistance, puncture/pinch resistant, WTB quality, superb in rocky/technical | | Weaknesses: | Poor cornering/leaning and not good in loose sands at speed | | Similar Products Used: | Continental Vertical | | Bike Setup: | Titus RacerX w/Conti Survival on rear tire | | Bottom Line: | While it excels in rocky conditions (beefy, sticky) it drifts horribly on anything looser than pure hardpack. I find I can't lean into turns at speed with confidence on this tire when running it in the front. I ran it for 3 months when I first got this bike and couldn't tell if it was the tire, the bike, or me adjusting to a whole new setup. So I switched to the Conti Vertical and the drifting problems when cornering were resolved. Love WTB tires for the rear and all their other products, but do not like this tire on the front. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Whitney JOnes
a Cross Country Rider
from Wooster OH, U.S.
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Vultures Knob | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Prize | | Strengths: | not to heavy, hooks up on the hard dry stuff and tou can realy lean on it. | | Weaknesses: | the tire wobbles, packs with mud quickly | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Excavader+Elevader+Motovader, Botrager Jones AC | | Bike Setup: | two wheels and a some of metal | | Bottom Line: | over all it an ok tire, it works as described, to bad the stupid thing wobbles. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
smartino
a Cross Country Rider
from steamboat, colorado
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Strengths: | Very fast on hardpack, high volume gives a nice plush ride; low rolling resistance if you have to ride on roads to get to the singletrack. | | Weaknesses: | May lose traction in loose, powdery soils. | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey Z-Max WCS, Bontrager Revolt Super X | | Bike Setup: | Trek Fuel 100 | | Bottom Line: | This is an awesome tire for hardpack. It sticks and it's fast! I really liked the Bontrager Revolt Super X also; went through 2 sets of those but wanted to try something else. I haven't been disappointed. This tire is really fast on hardpack singletrack and sticks to rocks. Later in the summer as the trails get dry and loose I might change to something more aggressive but maybe I won't need to. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dorian
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Muleshoe Bend | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Very high volume. | | Weaknesses: | Treads could be larger. | | Similar Products Used: | Anything and everything | | Bike Setup: | Bontrager Privateer S singlespeed. | | Bottom Line: | A great tire overall. High volume, cushy, smooth. Tread pattern could be a little more aggressive, but I haven't had too many problems grabbing. If you're running a singlespeed you may think about something a little more beefy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
larryc
a Cross Country Rider
from oakland cty. mich
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | all w/out motorvehicles | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | 2.1x26" very high volume w/large sidewalls.makes for comfy ride.exc. tread pattern-over 2k miles of pavement use & only 1/2 worn.only 1 flat. | | Weaknesses: | none but high msrp$$$ | | Similar Products Used: | panaracer slicks,spec. hardrock,geax revert | | Bike Setup: | nrs,psylo race,xt-xtr | | Bottom Line: | must have tire for the rear if doing any street riding.hope wtb keeps it available for awhile...... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jason
a
from modesto, CA
Date Reviewed: November 8, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | lite weight...great rolling resistence | | Weaknesses: | side walls are pretty thin but i'm not complaining...just watch where you take it | | Similar Products Used: | mutano raptor 2.24, 2.4 and moto raptor 2.24, 2.4 | | Bike Setup: | santa cruz bullit with a trail ride set-up | | Bottom Line: | i was looking for a really lite rear tire with minimal rolling resistence for trail riding on hard pack. the single track i ride is usually dry "hard" dirt (no rocks, roots, etc) at least 10 months out of the year. so i bought this tire and decided to try it out after the winter months. when i got it i decided to give it a try even though it's been raining a little bit. so far it worked as good as the mutano raptor 2.24, 2.4 and the motoraptor 2.24, 2.4 that i've had on the back. they have deeper tread but always pack up with mud anyway (like most tires). i rode all the same trails and climbs and it behaved basically the same. i did notice the "much lower" rolling resistence. at 510 grams you do need to watch where you take it...the sidewalls are pretty thin. but if you ride pretty smooth to semi-rough single track, fire roads, canals, even on the street while riding to the trail head you'll love it. honestly, i don't think i'll ever use a different rear tire for the type of riding i listed above. and they are pretty cheap if you look around a little bit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
doug
a Cross Country Rider
from san jose
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | very good performance | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | fire xc, vertical pro, michlin comp s lite, mythos xc, specialized team xc | | Bike Setup: | large racer x set up fairly well | | Bottom Line: | i am constantly trying different front tires. these work very well with good and predictable turning traction. they're also good rollers. the best front tire i've found so far. i just raced the sea otter with a 2.3 vertical pro on the front. even with it's size it would still get very squrrilly in the sand but it did a good job cornering. my contrast is this tire corners just as well but also steers more accurately.
just look at dirt track tires on cars or motorcycles...they're not knobbies...so don't be fooled by the looks of this tire...it works. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Evan
a Cross Country Rider
from Flagstaff AZ
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | elden trials | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Warranty for 1.75s | | Strengths: | Rolls smooth, no pinch flats yet, high volume. | | Weaknesses: | mud and super loose stuff... takes some time to get used to the cornering properties. | | Similar Products Used: | MutanoRaptor 2.14, Geax Blade, others
| | Bike Setup: | KHS Team HT with White Bros fork, X.9, Cane Creek Cronos, ect. | | Bottom Line: | These are a good tire for desert rats who ride hardpack, slickrock, and light gravel. If you ride lots of deep sand and mud look elsewhere. The light weigh helps on the climbs and sprints. Ive got about 300 miles on these babys and theyre just starting to show some signs of wear. Im probably going to switch to a bit more agressive tread like the Geax Sturdy and save these for racing or touring. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jacob O'Neall
a Downhiller
from Eubank, KY
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | any that's good | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Atomic bikes | | Strengths: | Reliability, traction in firm-to-moderate conditions, weight, and that super low rolling resistance
| | Weaknesses: | Absolutely NONE. And I do mean NONE | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | see earlier review | | Bottom Line: | This is a follow-up on the review I posted after having the tires for three months. This tire has held up great to all kinds of riding. I went on a biking trip to Tennesse & North Carolina, and rode alot on many different surfaces, ranging from a 20+ mile road ride in the Smokey Mountains, and on pavement, these tires rule. I learned to trust them on decents where speeds stayed over 35-40 (going by my computer) and never experience that unstable feeling that some MTB tires have when on pavement. On the trails, they exelled. The trails I rode ranged from pure mud and rocks, to hard, smooth doubletrack, and also some light gravel maintenance roads, and never had a problem. I've had them for almost a year (about 10 months right now) and they show no serious signs of wear. I'll probably get at least another year out of them, if not more. If you are a XC rider who wants a tire that you can buy and forget about for along time, take a good look at these. THEN BUY THEM. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron McGraw
a Cross Country Rider
from Oil City, PA USA
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Oil Creek--Allegheny'Sugar Creek Trail System, Venango County | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Low rolling resistence, decent hook-up, strong sidewalls (survived where Wildgrippers failed) | | Weaknesses: | Not the best for sloppy-wet gooey mud | | Similar Products Used: | Wildgrippers, Onza Porcupines, Kenda Grizzly and Klaw, Farmer John's and Farmer John's Cousins, Ground Control (the Umma Gumma Gray ones I think they were the "S" variety), Panaracer DH-Pro | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose FR-150, Manitou Magnum fork, Titec bars, Kore stem, Diacompe aheadset, Alivio brakes, 9.0SL brake levers, MRX shifters, profile bar ends, Truvativ 5-D crank, Syncros, LX, and Truvativ (stock steel) rings (outer, middle, inner), Wellgo DH-smoothie pedals (spd type), Weinmann rims, Formula hubs, Kalloy post with SDG saddle, Shimano BB, Nashbar Cassette, XT rear and Deore front derailleurs, Taya Relief chain. | | Bottom Line: | Great tire for "Rails to Trails" network, also good on hard-pack to moderately loose trail composition. Mediocre on soft loam, poor on sloppy mud. Surprisingly decent in snow and ice (yeah, I'm a misplaced Alaska, and I ride in that stuff). Bargain priced and not obscenely heavy. I'd reccomend it to anyone from the ultra-serious enthusiast to the weekend bike-trailer type. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bernie Miranda
a Weekend Warrior
from Philippines
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Southwoods / Tagaytay | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Purchased At: | Cartimar | | Strengths: | Performance just like a road bikes wheel, very fast, and very light. | | Weaknesses: | its lightness becomes a disadvantage on its gripping ability. | | Similar Products Used: | IRC Metro, MOB, Panaracer smoke ( old version ) | | Bike Setup: | Specialized ( GTS ) | | Bottom Line: | This is a goodchoice for not so serious mountain biker, not intended for downhill competitions but is very nice to use if you are just biking for exercise and hobby. Moneys worth is OK. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Cross Country Rider
from USA
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Came stock on bike. They offer LOW LOW rolling resistance. On rocks or big boulders, they offer pretty good traction. Road traction is pretty good.
*Hard pack
*Rock areas (I mean huge rocks/boulders) | | Weaknesses: | On a tough climb, it SUCKS; my back just spins and spins and gets no traction. On mud they suck, when it's wet, they suck.
*MUD
*SANDY AREAS
*Rocky (small pebble) terrain | | Similar Products Used: | huffy tyres LOL | | Bike Setup: | K2 Zed 4.0 | | Bottom Line: | I read the guys review below and laughed when he said "it is hard to take the tire off the rim"..... LOL, if you don't know how to take a tire off a rim, then there is something wrong with you. It is NOT hard to take the tires off the rim (I use my fingers sometime). I don't even use a tire lever, just a smooth metal stick.
Use this for hardpack and fairly hard singltrack or for riding your bike to work on roads. When it's wet, muddy, pebbly or sandy, then it will just get eaten up by the junk.
I ride a lot of mountainous areas, so it's pretty decent. Sometimes I do spin going up a log or other steep areas. DHing offers very little resistance. AVG tire. will try panaracer on my next set. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alexander
a Racer
from King City, CA
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wilder Ranch, Santa Cruz, CA | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: | Great all around tire. Climbs surprisingly well and the best rolling resistance you'll find. Bar None! I have over 800 miles on my Nano Raptors and just replaced them due to the back tire's tread starting to wear. | | Weaknesses: | Middle of the line cornering abilities. | | Similar Products Used: | Panaracer Fire XC Pro. | | Bike Setup: | Full Suspension XC w/ 4" of travel front and rear. I ran 45 psi up front and 50 psi in the rear and only had two flats (both in the same week) the entire time. Both flats were due to thorns. | | Bottom Line: | This is a very good tire that surprised me. I expected to change them out with in a month but they just kept on performing great. As the tread started to wear the cornering ability started to decline rapidly. If your trails conist mainly of hardpack or pavement, you would be foolish to use any other tire than these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Clint
a Cross Country Rider
from Kentfield
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Rocky Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came on bike | | Strengths: | The tires are light, and do have low rolling resistance. | | Weaknesses: | I have had several flats in the last two weeks - two separate tires - first the front small puncture through side wall. This morning the rear tire blew same story. Small punture through the sidewall. | | Similar Products Used: | I have used Panaracers with a little more rolling resistance, but have never had a puncture | | Bike Setup: | 2003 K2 Razorback 3.0, with Rock Shock SID, otherwise stock bike. | | Bottom Line: | I have always heard good things about the Nanoraptors, but my recent exeprience is that they are only in there own element on extremely hard packed jeep trails. Anything with loose gravel, sand, or tallus will cause these tires to have very little control and possibly pop at an inopportune place ... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jacob O'Neall
a Downhiller
from Eubank, Ky, USA
Date Reviewed: June 29, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | any thats technical | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Atomic bikes | | Strengths: | Low, low, lowwwww rolling resistance( I had semi-slicks, but these roll just as good, if not better, because there is less rubber on the ground) good traction in many conditions | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | many: WTB Motoraptors, Tyrannoraptors, Primal Raptors, and I'm getting Mutanoraptors also (I'm a WTB fan) | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Schwinn S-30, 2001 Marzocchi Z-5 100 air, Sram Esp 7.0 shifters & rear derrailer, Formula wheels, avid brakes, Control Tech seatpost, Kore bar & stem, Nanoraptors, Cane creek headset, schwinn lights & computer, Ritchey seat. | | Bottom Line: | I'm a downhiller who also likes to spend some time riding technical xc trails, and this my trail bike, so I wanted a tire that had good all-around grip, and it also had to have low rolling resistance and long durability, because to get to some of my trails, I have to ride quite a bit on pavement. The Nanoraptor has lived up to it's rep as a outstanding xc tire. While some people like to put this tire down becuase of its performance in wet conditions, I've had no complaints, And I've rode them in some muck that would be a good test because the trails here where I ride tend to turn into a sandy/clay mixture when they get wet. The Nano's do pack up in really bad conditions, but hey WTB even tells you that they're not even designed for anything other that hardpack to intermediate conditions.
My final bottom line: Nanoraptors have become my favorite xc tires. If you are a rider who mainly rides hardpack,(just about everyone), or you ride your mtb alot on the road to get to your trails, THESE ARE the tires for you, bar none. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gustavo Badillo
a Cross Country Rider
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with my bike | | Strengths: | VERY Fast! These tires have a very low rolling resistance. | | Weaknesses: | They are just useless for everyday riding, muddy conditions? they fail getting the job done, lateral grip? they have none. | | Similar Products Used: | Wildgripper Comp S | | Bike Setup: | ICS + Deore LX | | Bottom Line: | Not for me, and I think not for most of the riders who doesnt like to change the tires according to the weather report. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jojo
a Racer
from mt bachelor
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Light, puncture resistance, fast rolling | | Weaknesses: | made buy some guy who makes 50 cents a year and eats bugs while Mr. CEO rakes in the cash. Buy USA! or euro, japan is ok too. | | Similar Products Used: | irc, michelin, conti, geax | | Bike Setup: | Yeti ARC, '03 xtr, sid | | Bottom Line: | These are the best tires I've had in years. Granted I'm a spandex racer god. These tires are fast! They are made for XC racing and do it well. They're not for that 2% of the time you're raging down some rocky cliff ledge and jumping off buildings. If you have good bike control these will make you a fast rider. They grip better than their low knob height suggests. I run 45psi and have total confidence with these. 5 chilis should be reserved for that almost non-existence perfect part. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Don Bergman
a
from Lubbock, TX
Date Reviewed: December 15, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Great for my commuting. They roll pretty fast on pavement as well as on hard-pack. | | Weaknesses: | Not so great in the wet or sloppy stuff, but what do you expect? They aren't made for that! | | Bottom Line: | They are good tires for what they are designed for. I have ridden them on some not-so-dry terrain and they held up *ok* but nothing worth bragging about. If you want some fast-rolling tires, these are them! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seth
a Racer
from Houston, Tx, USA
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Daniel Boone Cycles | | Strengths: | Fast and corner well in hard pack | | Weaknesses: | bad in wet condition (but thats not what their for) | | Similar Products Used: | Irc mythosxc | | Bike Setup: | Seven sola steel ss, with phil kiss off hubs, rigid fork | | Bottom Line: | not a very good all around but work well in dry hard pack. Don't buy these tires if you want a do it all design | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Minton
a Cross Country Rider
from Lafayette, CA
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Very fast tire in dry hard trail situations. I rarely gets flats running these tires. Of course I'm not downhilling on them. I ride them four to five times a week and no complaints when I use them in the circumstances they were designed for. | | Weaknesses: | Not the best for thick sandy/dusty trails. Some slipage on steep climbs. | | Bike Setup: | YBB XTR Cane Creek Wheels/Hubs Hayes Disk | | Bottom Line: | Another great tire from WTB when used in proper situations | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Marble
a Racer
from Maine
Date Reviewed: August 11, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | internet | | Strengths: | fast as hell | | Weaknesses: | use em right and they have none | | Similar Products Used: | lots | | Bottom Line: | use these babies for what their ment for, and you too will be as happy as I. If not, then you'll end up complaining like so many other weenies on this page. They're kinda like a good women, treat em right and they'll be good to you, if not, they'll kick ya in the balls. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nick
a Cross Country Rider
from amarillo tx
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | stock | | Strengths: | fast rollers , extremly easy to get off wheel | | Weaknesses: | crap in hardpack ,gravel, and sand | | Bottom Line: | crapamundo | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nick
a Cross Country Rider
from amarillo tx
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | stock | | Strengths: | fast rollers on pavement, extremly easy to take on and off | | Weaknesses: | crap on everything but road, including hardpack wich it is designed for | | Bike Setup: | 02 haro werks 2.0 | | Bottom Line: | crapamundo | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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frank
a Weekend Warrior
from san jose, ca
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | SDF | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | rolls fast, good traction in terrain they were designed for. | | Similar Products Used: | Hutchinson, Panaracer, IRC |
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