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Submitted by
Parker Evans
a Weekend Warrior
from Hartford, CT, US
Date Reviewed: 4/17/2008 8:47:34 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Penwood |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | They were free with the bike. They slide really easily, if that's what you're looking for. Alright on pavement. Also like someone above, I was surprised by their performance in mud, considering their performance in everything else. |
| Weaknesses: | cornering, leaves, anything wet, loose rocks (bigger than gravel), unsteady going downhill at speed, feels treacherous on uneven downhills. |
| Similar Products Tried: | CST Caballero |
| Bike Setup: | Stock |
| Bottom Line: | Like a reviewer above, a fairly small thorn killed my Bontrangers. Which was alright by me. If they come on your bike? If you don't notice a performance problem or you're cheap (like I am), keep them until they blow. If you ride trails they will. If they don't? Don't bother. |
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Submitted by
adrian valella
a Weekend Warrior
from miami, FL, USA
Date Reviewed: 4/11/2007 12:03:38 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | oleta |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $15 |
| Purchased At: | coral way bike shop |
| Strengths: | great tire for the price,good on road and off,great grip on dirt |
| Weaknesses: | not so good in mud but better than i thought |
| Bike Setup: | rigid Fuji single-speed |
| Bottom Line: | cant ask for a better tire for the price |
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Submitted by
Ryan Wiitala
a Weekend Warrior
from Morrisville
Date Reviewed: 8/11/2006 7:42:24 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | New Light in Raleigh NC |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | Stock Tire |
| Strengths: | Good road tire and moderate performance on the easier trails. |
| Weaknesses: | NOT A GOOD TIRE FOR EXTREME TRAIL RIDING!!! Tread tears off with a little abusive riding but considering what the tire is made for I'm not surprised. |
| Similar Products Tried: | NONE |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 |
| Bottom Line: | A good tire if you don't plan on riding any advanced trail systems or plan on a lot of road riding. Probably a good tire for most weekend warriors but I wouldn't recommend you like to really shred the rough stuff. I have had these on my bike for less than 1 month and already need to replace. |
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Submitted by
keith
from quincy
Date Reviewed: 12/11/2005 6:28:33 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Purchased At: | Madison Davis |
| Strengths: | Low rolling restiance, decent trail tire on dirt, good road tire(not as good as slicks though), not to mention hold up long on the road |
| Weaknesses: | low traction in mud, snow, ice, wet rocks, and almost anything to do with water |
| Similar Products Tried: | stock trek 6500 tires, too many others |
| Bike Setup: | these tires, trek 6500, avid BB5 discs, Speed Dial Ti levers, shimano M545 pedals, all else stock. |
| Bottom Line: | When I bought these tires, I knew I would be getting a trade-off of road and mtb tires, so I can't say it's bad that it didn't have good traction on wet stuff. These ride on the road really nice. I've got about 300 miles on them already with little sign of wear. But this tire if ride the road a lot and don't ride 60 miles down a muddy rocky mountain. |
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Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Madison, WI
Date Reviewed: 11/17/2005 4:28:44 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $5 |
| Strengths: | Excellent traction in loose terrain climbs, cheap, durable |
| Weaknesses: | For the price i paid, there is no weaknesses to complain about |
| Similar Products Tried: | Alot of tires |
| Bike Setup: | My commuter, 1999 Giant EB Comp |
| Bottom Line: | This tire rocks. So cheap, yet good. This tire is rear tire on my commuter and it has way better traction then the tires on my Fuel 98, Bonty Super-X. I blasted these tires down stairs, drops from 2-3 feet to flat concrete. I've taken these out to pretty techincal trails and they have stood up. I can stand up and pedal in sketchy climbs and still have traction. What more can u ask for? |
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Submitted by
Marc
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: 9/3/2005 2:21:19 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | Skiis and Bikes |
| Strengths: | Fat tire, good traction, decent speed |
| Weaknesses: | slow on pavement, hold sup guck and mud in muddy trails and loses traction |
| Bike Setup: | STock Trek 3700 |
| Bottom Line: | If you want a decent, all round tire that will perform well in rain, snow, ice, and dry conditions, this is pretty good. It is weak on harder trails and mud will build up in the tires, causing you to lose a significant amount of traction. Bad in sand, but I have yet to find a tire that performs well in sand. Great for the begginer in mountainbiking |
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Submitted by
Mike Gomez
a Weekend Warrior
from Norwalk,CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 8/22/2005 3:47:41 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Unal Trail |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | great traction, not too heavy, inexpensive |
| Weaknesses: | none yet |
| Bike Setup: | trek 4300 |
| Bottom Line: | Great tires for the price. They get the job done. Have had no problems with them. However, if average doesn't satisfy you and if you have the cash, you might want to spend more money on better tires. Otherwise, these tires are great |
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Submitted by
L.K. Simons
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Canada
Date Reviewed: 8/18/2005 10:16:58 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Gardner Beltway Ravine/Brickyard Trails |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | Duke's Cycle, Toronto |
| Strengths: | Well, compared to the three year old balding Specialized Rockster tires which came on my Hardrock, in a word, everything. They grip pretty well in all but the loosest gravel trails. They're also quite inexpensive which is good for 34 year grad students without a lot of cash! |
| Weaknesses: | My specialized tires were bigger and fatter and looked a lot better on my bike. These look like little girl tires! But I'm quite effeminate and kinda ride my Hardrock like a girl so no worries. |
| Similar Products Tried: | stock rockster's. I had no idea how bad they really were. |
| Bike Setup: | 2002 Specialized Hardrock stock, except for some crappy cheap peddles the bike shop put on it after mine broke during the first week. This was my first foray into biking since a got my first car 16 years ago! Will upgrade to something better in a year or so. The sr suntour xcc ain't so plush, if you know what I mean. |
| Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that these tires are way better than my balding rocksters and that they make me feel girly when tearing down the Don Valley. My priority for a set of tires was to ensure that they had a really low rolling resistence, since most of my biking takes place on the hardtop of downtown toronto. They've accomplished this; it's a pretty quick tire with the added bonus of providing decent if not great trail traction. Seacrest out! Simon. |
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Submitted by
Jeff Fleischmann
a Weekend Warrior
from Nor-Cal
Date Reviewed: 3/3/2005 12:56:18 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | The one with dirt on it. |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $12 |
| Purchased At: | The Bike Peddler |
| Strengths: | Great road ride, rolls fast. Good ride off road, for a tire with such small knobs. |
| Weaknesses: | Not a good choice for really loose or muddy trails. |
| Similar Products Tried: | N/A |
| Bike Setup: | '85 Ritchey singlespeed |
| Bottom Line: | I bought these tires for my newly converted singlespeed Ritchey in a 1.6 width. I thought it would make a great road tire for the beer runs and light trail riding with my kids. I've hit some muddy trails with them and find the traction better then I expected for such a skinny, small knobbed tire. I would use these if you only plan to run light, dry, smooth trails. |
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Submitted by
Nigel Redding
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa, Ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: 11/27/2004 6:27:56 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | biopace {15} |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | came on bike |
| Strengths: | not bad grip on surfaces |
| Weaknesses: | not great on muddy surfaces and wet hills |
| Similar Products Tried: | bontrager revolt |
| Bike Setup: | trek 4300 with mx comps |
| Bottom Line: | its not bad but i look for somthing better |
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Submitted by
Dan Caruso
a Weekend Warrior
from Reno, NV
Date Reviewed: 1/13/2004 5:29:51 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | OEM |
| Strengths: | good on pavement at high pressure, decent on hardpack (lower the pressure for the dirt, then reinflate for the long pavement ride home). |
| Weaknesses: | gets loose in loose stuff and steeper inclines. |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 4300 |
| Bottom Line: | Good all-around tire. I've since put on some serious dig-in tires but I keep these for the family rides through the neighborhood and fire roads. If I ever wear these out I'd buy another set for easy ridin', but I don't wanna easy ride. |
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Submitted by
Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from Kansas
Date Reviewed: 10/25/2003 5:27:01 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Great for X-Country. Nice on pavement. Cool looking sidewalls. |
| Weaknesses: | None really for what I do. I just ride gravel trails and a little pavement. |
| Bike Setup: | 2004 Trek 4300 |
| Bottom Line: | The thing i like about this tire is that it takes to gravel as well as it takes to pavement. I probably will upgrade to something else (based on what i have read only) when the time comes but their is nothing wrong with this tire if you want a good XC tire. |
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Submitted by
Rick Onanian
a Cross Country Rider
from East Greenwich, RI, USA
Date Reviewed: 8/7/2003 5:25:15 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Big River Management Area, West Greenwich, RI |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | Came with 1997 GT Outpost |
| Strengths: | Long life. Good ride on dirt and pavement. 40-65psi reccommended pressure is good range. |
| Weaknesses: | Not a hardcore muddy hill climber. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Trek Big Kahuna (gets up any hill, wears out quick), Continental Traction (okay tire), Bontrager Invert 2 (Great road tire) |
| Bike Setup: | 1997 GT Outpost, 7000 series alum frame, Weinman 519 rims |
| Bottom Line: | These tires are possibly the best knobbies you'll ever ride on pavement (though you should use slicks or inverts). These tires are very good cross-country tires, except when you need to get up a steep, loose or muddy hill. Then, you'll want something ballsier on the rear. I always ran them at 65psi, so with less pressure, they might get up the hill better. Nothing flatted through them, no wear was visible after maybe 500 miles on them. |
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Submitted by
SOG Recondo
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: 6/30/2003 5:34:39 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Good grip on many different surfaces. Cheap price. |
| Weaknesses: | A teeny tiny thorn pierced an underside area between the knobs letting out all tire pressure in a matter of seconds (from 50 psi). |
| Similar Products Tried: | None. |
| Bike Setup: | Stock tire on Trek 4300. |
| Bottom Line: | The rubber pierced by the thorn was less than 1/16th inch. It was still stuck in the tire and I pulled it out and broke it easily between my thumb and index finger. I'm surprised sharp gravel didn't pop this tire sooner. The tires are entry level. Don't leave ever leave a well-manicured grandma trail! |
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Submitted by
Mike Buddha
a Cross Country Rider
from New York City
Date Reviewed: 8/9/2002 4:31:36 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | Verrazano Bike Shop |
| Strengths: | Inexpensive |
| Weaknesses: | Weak side walls gave in on first long ride 60 miles after only 400 miles of overall use mostly on bike paths and New York City streets. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Bontrager Jones AC |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 4300, Nothing Stock |
| Bottom Line: | Ok if you just want to ride around the Block a few times or if you are as light as a rail, but if you are substantial and plan to tear up the trails upgrade to the JONES AC |
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Submitted by
T. Hendrick
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: 5/28/2002 7:28:00 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | dirt, off road |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | Great allround tire, if you plan on doing a mix of raod and offroad these tires are for you. |
| Weaknesses: | Lose traction off road easily, kind of narrow. |
| Bike Setup: | gary fisher, lx, hayes disc |
| Bottom Line: | Great all round tire, not great for lots of off road. If you have just started off road biking but still doing a fare bit of road i recomend these tires for you, great value and great stock tire. |
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