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Submitted by
Mike
a
from Centreville, VA
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fountainhead | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | 2.35 up front gives great tracking and roll over obstacles, 2.1 in the rear is an excellent climber over roots and up steep rocky hills. | | Weaknesses: | Rear tire wears very easily - about twice as fast as the front | | Similar Products Used: | WTB Velociraptors | | Bike Setup: | Iron Horse MKIII Trail upgraded to SRAM x9 triggers, x9 rear derailleur, Avid BB7 brakes | | Bottom Line: | These tires came stock with the bike and have performed really well in all East Coast XC conditions except serious mud - and that's just not fun anyway, so I'll let that slide. I am very impressed with the traction and climbing ability but that could also be more of a function of the bike itself. Rear traction is unbelievable but the price seems to be that the rear tire is wearing out WAY faster than I would expect considering the front looks just about new. They are two different sizes made from different compounds, so that may have something to do with it as well. I am thinking about trying the Kenda Hans Rey Telonix and would love to hear anyone's comparison of the two. I would defintely consider buying the High Roller again, though. All-around great tire for serious trail riding - only drawback being the quick wear in the 2.1. Otherwise, they'd be a five if you ride XC/All Mountain. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | 5 Oaks Aliso, Gooseberry UT | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$36.00 | | Purchased At: | Avalanche Sports, Breckenridge | | Strengths: | 2.35 rear - Good traction everywhere - loose conditions, rocks, dusty ruts, slickrock, etc. Strong sidewalls | | Weaknesses: | A little squirrely sometimes | | Similar Products Used: | Mythos 2.1 (not really similar) | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575, Fox TALAS 36rc, DT Swiss 1750 - nothing else is relevant to tires. | | Bottom Line: | Great tire. Never flatted. Reasonably light. I'm a big guy who bombs down rocky chutes faster than I should. I also climb a lot. This tire worked great on loose SoCal trails, perfect on the slickrock of Gooseberry Mesa - climbed everything - even loose Thunder Mt. gravel. Seemed to roll OK too. So why am I getting another tire? This one finally wore out after 9 months (2-3 rides/wk) so I'm gonna try something different (Schwalbe Fat Albert). I'll probably regret it. My review is as a rear tire only - I never tried it on the front (Mutanoraptor 2.4 up there). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | 5 Oaks Aliso, Gooseberry UT | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$36.00 | | Purchased At: | Avalanche Sports, Breckenridge | | Strengths: | 2.35 rear - Good traction everywhere - loose conditions, rocks, dusty ruts, slickrock, etc. Strong sidewalls | | Weaknesses: | A little squirrely sometimes | | Similar Products Used: | Mythos 2.1 (not really similar) | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575, Fox TALAS 36rc, DT Swiss 1750 - nothing else is relevant to tires. | | Bottom Line: | Great tire. Never flatted. Reasonably light. I'm a big guy who bombs down rocky chutes faster than I should. I also climb a lot. This tire worked great on loose SoCal trails, perfect on the slickrock of Gooseberry Mesa - climbed everything - even loose Thunder Mt. gravel. Seemed to roll OK too. So why am I getting another tire? This one finally wore out after 9 months (2-3 rides/wk) so I'm gonna try something different (Schwalbe Fat Albert). I'll probably regret it. My review is as a rear tire only - I never tried it on the front (Mutanoraptor 2.4 up there). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Downhiller
from Fort Collins
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Similar Products Used: | Minion, Nevegal, DMR moto digger | | Bike Setup: | Brodie thumper, 66, DHX 5, Minion DHF super tacky up front, this tire in the rear | | Bottom Line: | Found my tire at last, and I will never run anything else in the back. I have this in the 2.7 60 durometer version for my rear tire with a 2.7 minion in front. Great combo! Realizing I hated climbing with the Nevegal in back (that thing just rolls horribly...) I went to a moto-digger dirt jump tire in the back. The climbing was awesome but traction lacked, and after a pinch flat and a few goatheads popping my tube I realized I'm never leaving 2-ply tires again! This tire rolls great, especially in the 60 duro version with makes it roll even better and should give it a long life. Almost rolls as fast as the moto digger. Plenty sticky for the rear with all your weight on it. I find the front tire should be a sticky rubber version, at least out here in CO.
I've had it in pretty much every terrain and it's been great - sand, mud, loamy dirt, dust, loose rocks, hardpack, slickrock.
Some complain about weight but it's right there with every other DH tire. These are not meant to be light, and that's what saves your tubes and rims anyway. These "feel" lighter than than Nevegal when I ride, even though the Nevegal weighs less, probably because they roll SO much better.
Also FYI Maxxis runs small so this 2.7 is more like other people's 2.5. I run wide rims and they still aren't that huge - my Nevegal looks bigger. (Maxxis 2.5's look tiny when I see them mounted up...) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Zephyr
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | TT/ Ubin | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | superb traction, great control, point it and it will go in that direction, clears fast and quite true to size mine's 2.35. | | Weaknesses: | maybe a little heavy, but besides that, can't fault it. | | Similar Products Used: | Michelin Mountain Dry 2, Kenda Kinetics, Panaracer Rampage | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail Freeride | | Bottom Line: | get them for front, don't know if they are good for the rear, haven't use them there yet. should be able to find it for cheap so def worth getting! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brent
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara, CA
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cold Springs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Velo Pro SB/Craigslist | | Strengths: | Awesome traction on rocky downhills, good strong sidewalls. | | Weaknesses: | heavy, but its a DH tire, so it doesnt matter. can be pricey. I think paid like $60/tire + tax for the 3C's from the LBS, found the 2.7's on craigslist for $30/pair. | | Similar Products Used: | Michelin DH16, Maxxis High Rollers | | Bike Setup: | 04 SC Bullit, Fox 40, Deemaxes, Avid codes. | | Bottom Line: | Awesome DH tire. I've used them on rocky downhills (cold springs and tunnel in SB), and on loose hardpack trails (Knapps), and they have amazing traction. I'm running a 2.7" Super Tacky in front, and a 2.5" 3C in the rear. with DH tubes i can run the pressures as low as 15psi, and dont even have to worry about pinch flats. i've accidentally run them at 8psi and didnt even pinch flat (forgot to check the pressures before a ride). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
johnny
a
from novato
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | san marin | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | cesars | | Strengths: | nothing what so friggin ever | | Weaknesses: | gets flats @ highest psi possible
high rolling resistance
everything else | | Similar Products Used: | weirwolves krads holy rollers | | Bike Setup: | 07 kona shred | | Bottom Line: | these tires suck ass!!!!!!!!!!!
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Submitted by
Cindy
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Emerald Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Blue Sky Cycling | | Strengths: | light, and decent climbing traction | | Weaknesses: | Tire blister | | Bike Setup: | Yeti Kokopelli Mtb | | Bottom Line: | A tire blister the size of a jumbo marble popped up on my rear wheel, naked and unexplained, following a short 4 mile ride into the city. The bike was kept cool in a bike locker inside a garage on a perfect fall day, i.e., no extreme heating occurred. The blister created a ride similar to a fast trot on an old Quarterhorse -- very wiggly. In less than six months, that tire has been retired, which is poor value. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tom chub
a Downhiller
from boxford
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | bradley palmer state park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$48.00 | | Purchased At: | wheelworld | | Strengths: | plenty of grip especially on loose dirt and gravel | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | weirwolf 2.5's | | Bike Setup: | treck remedy 6, e-thirteen rock gaurd, marzocchi 888 rc's 8inch 08' haze nines | | Bottom Line: | really nice tire i cant see anything wrong with them so far except i needed a wider rim, but that was just because of the rims the bike came with | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Luke Peagram
a
from Tauranga, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Oropi Grove | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | www.torpedo7.com | | Strengths: | Great all round tyre & come in many sizes. Fairly Versitile. | | Weaknesses: | Not overly grippy on superdry rocky hillclimbs E.T.C | | Bike Setup: | UMF Hardy 1 07' | | Bottom Line: | Great tyres. I don't know why everyone else is complaining about the 2.1' not bieng any good for downhill? they come in a 2.7', 2.5', 2.35' & then a 2.1'. If any of you wanteed it for DH then you should have bought a 2.7' or a 2.5'. Anyway an awesome very versitile tyre great for XC, DJ or DH. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hui Chuen Chuang
a Downhiller
from Penang, Malaysia.
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Youth Park, Mt. Erskine, Penang Hill. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclon Cycle Industries. | | Strengths: | Grippy, Looks good, Relatively light, Cheap, Last long, Grippy when wet. | | Weaknesses: | none. | | Similar Products Used: | bontrager jones, tioga blue dragon | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Stinky Primo frame, 2007 Domain 318 fork, 2005 Vanilla R shock, Holzfeller cranks, Shiftguide chainguide, Dual Duty FR rims, Maxxis HighRoller 2.35. | | Bottom Line: | excellent tire. put it on and just ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ferd
a
from venlo the netherlands
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | slickrock moab | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | fast, braking, cornergrip. | | Weaknesses: | up-hill not enough traction, at muddy conditions | | Similar Products Used: | swalbe fat-albert, wtb velociraptor, hutchinton phyton, z-max, specialized. | | Bike Setup: | klein attitude race 1998 | | Bottom Line: | best fronttire. average reartire. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Downhiller
from Flamborough, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | DH trail at kelso | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | speedgoat.com | | Strengths: | fast rolling!!!!!!!! very good traction | | Weaknesses: | non so far | | Similar Products Used: | k rads nevegals | | Bike Setup: | norco 4by pimped | | Bottom Line: | best FR tires | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Neil Facey
a
from Worcester,uk
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | cwmcarn | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Dreamcycles | | Strengths: | Grips very well at high speeds,look great. | | Weaknesses: | Wear quickly,hard going on tarmac but these tyres are'nt for commuting!!Grip whilst climbing is'nt the best. | | Similar Products Used: | Nokian NBX | | Bike Setup: | On-one,Pace rc-40's,hope m4's,xtr drive. | | Bottom Line: | Good tyre for the price but i probably won't buy them again. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Roney
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Windsor bike park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Now | | Strengths: | very wide turning range with great grip on burms and DJ | | Weaknesses: | make alot of noise on urban riding, it doesnt affect your riding ut it does get annoying | | Similar Products Used: | DMR Moto Diggers | | Bike Setup: | basicly stock | | Bottom Line: | great tyres that can be cable able to all terains with great turning and control, if ur into street riding then don;t purchase these tyres, try something like DMR Moto digger r type, overall great tyres and highly recommened! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adrian
a Downhiller
from Romania
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | any rough terrain ride | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Excellent traction, low rolling resistance, great steering | | Weaknesses: | None! Well, maybe they're not that excellent on mud ... but still decently controlable. | | Similar Products Used: | All sorts of tires (WTB's, Larsen TT etc.) | | Bike Setup: | 16" UMF / Suntour Duro | | Bottom Line: | These tires are heavenly! Very good control for front, good traction for rear. They also run very well on snow. Very predictable slipping, in all conditions. Price/quality ratio like no other! Best all-round tire out there! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Racer
from Adelaide Australia
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anything thats got rocks and you can go fast on | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | BIKE SHOP | | Strengths: | Grip, braking | | Weaknesses: | grip while braking hard in gravel and rocks, but then it has better traction in gravel than most tires | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | minion front, high roller rear | | Bottom Line: | Nearly everyone who gave these tires 3 or under is either:
a) cross country rider-shouldnt b using dh tires
b)running a skinny little tire which they shouldnt be
c)doesnt know how to downhill properly
Bottem line is a great tire but works better on the rear than the front. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ben browning
a Downhiller
from wales
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | clarach dh | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | halfords | | Strengths: | £&*@ing amazing grip in all terrains thinkable, rolls fast, looks good. | | Weaknesses: | wears quickly in super tacky 42a compound, but at the price its not really a problem. | | Similar Products Used: | none as good as this | | Bike Setup: | 05 kona coiler | | Bottom Line: | never gonna use another tyre. dis is da best tyre ever made and i hope maxxis dont change it......ever. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kramer
a Cross Country Rider
from Boise
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | East Side Bogus Loop | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with Yeti 575 | | Strengths: | Relatively low rolling resistance. Climbs decently. | | Weaknesses: | Quite narrow in a 2.1. Poor low/med speed cornering. Wear quickly | | Similar Products Used: | Panaracer Smoke, Dart & Fire; Hutchison Mosquito; Specialized Grnd Ctrl, Team Cntrl ; Ritchey Z-Max; Kenda Kinetics | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575, Fox Talus RLC shock, SRAM 0 der's, Race Face cranks, Hayes Carbon Disk brakes, DT Swiss 340 wheels. | | Bottom Line: | The narrow cross-section and the low tread height of the 2.1 UST put me off from the start (like others have said, it looks more like a 1.9). I tried to ignore that as I made my first climb on these tires. I was pretty happy with the climbing efficiency, they handled loose granitic sand over hard pack pretty well and scampered up short rock sections without fault. The short knobbys cleared decently in mud, but didn't like to grip when pushed. On the downhill, they hooked up better than I expected for their narrowness. When they were pushed in tight corners at lower speeds, they tended to wash out, especially up front, but the slide was predictable and easy to recover from. In generaly, I had trouble pushing these tires hard, but I would say they were adequate if you wanted a good overall tire with low rolling resistance and didn't want to push them hard. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
hadrian
a
from ntown
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | rip off store | | Strengths: | corners well, good response even in mud | | Weaknesses: | soft compound, not an xc tire and im not an xc rider so thats ok | | Similar Products Used: | geax, kenda, continental, etc. | | Bottom Line: | good all around tire, I have had good wear results, i don't race with this tire but it does handle well at high speeds. grippy on corners, really tears up the earth with tall side tread. smaller tire with less contact on the ground, i can see why some people complain. But i like it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Troy
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Manly Dam | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Torpedo7 | | Strengths: | Awesome in the loose stuff. | | Weaknesses: | Wears quickly. Feels like its gonna loose traction cornering on hardpacked firetrails. Slow rolling. | | Similar Products Used: | Hutchison Scorpion, IRC Mythos | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpjumper Pro | | Bottom Line: | Purchased for a 24hr race and they worked brilliantly in the loose sections and absorbed alot of punishment over some rocks and roots in the early hours of the morning whilst misjudging a good line over and over again!
Not so good on the firetrails (or sealed road) and had some chunks out of the knobs after the first couple of rides.
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Submitted by
Mike Hudson
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix Az
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | south mountain - geronimo | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | cornering, braking, acceleration. | | Weaknesses: | none that I know of. | | Similar Products Used: | marzzochi bombers, and many 1.9-2.2 tires. | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Switch 2.0 with Maxis Minion(f)/HighRoller(r). | | Bottom Line: | I freeride and downhill.
Phoenix trails are typically rock, loose rock, hard packed gravel and loose gravel over hard... thro in some sand and some more rock and gravel.
I am running a 2.5, downhill, 60compound version of this tire and only on the rear. (2.5 Minion up front... excellent combination)
For freeride and downhill, in the Phoenix area, I am very happy with this tire. I will buy another when this wears out.
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Submitted by
Scott
a Cross Country Rider
from Victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Various around central Vic. | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Cheap. | | Weaknesses: | Way skinny for a 2.1.
Don't roll well below medium speed. | | Similar Products Used: | Panaracer Dart, Duster. Onza Rip /Rail. Tioga Extreme, Tioga Red Phoenix, Maxxis Hard Drive, Hutchinson Spider etc etc etc. | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche 0.5 hardtail with bar and stem tweaks. | | Bottom Line: | I figured I'd be selling my trusty Avalanche as I'd just built a new bike, and my Tioga Extreme XC's were toast, so I just grabbed what was cheap and half decent looking from the LBS. These have "2.1" on the side - God knows why - they are more like a 1.9. The ramped tread pattern looked like it might roll well - WRONG! First ride on these they were a lot harder going than my big, soft Extremes - only wanting to roll well over medium pace. They are uninspring at low speed on hardpack. Climbing traction is surprisingly good despite the ramped tread edge, and cornering on hardpack is good despite the narrow profile and slight shoulder. They are super sketchy in the marbles however - a recent long downhill run in the marbles and golf balls had me sweating bullets - the front end was all over the shop. I've had other Maxxis 2.1's that were bigger (the excellent Hard Drive Dual appears to use a similar profile but slightly bigger casing, and the much bigger Helter / Skelter 2.1's) - these really are tiny 2.1's.
Buy these only if there is nothing else. They are light for cheap wire bead tyres, but then they are nowhere near 2.1 either, and despite being light they are slow.
If this is a racing tyre pattern, snall wonder Maxxis got Steve Larsen and other riders in to design new ones for them. I can't believe Maxxis killed off the Hard Drive but left this stinker. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Goldman
a Weekend Warrior
from North Carolina
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | cuzbone1@bellsouth.net | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | bikeman.com | | Strengths: | traction, traction, traction, tough sidewall, looks | | Weaknesses: | does wear fast | | Bike Setup: | 2005 IH Yakuza | | Bottom Line: | I dont understand all of the bad reviews for this tire. I know some people are gonna complain about anything but with the exception of wear I cant see a weakness. We all ride different types of terrain so maybe that accounts for some of the differing opinions.
I have been using the wire bead 2.35 for almost a year now and I ride at least 2 or 3 times a week and this tire has performed great. I am on the east coast and the singletrack is rooty and rocky and these tires have almost never leave me wanting for traction. Wet roots are the only thing that gives them any trouble and most tires are gonna have trouble with that. The rocks are hard on the tread but after a lot of riding over the past year the tires are still serviceable. The front is almost new still. The rear is worn but still hooks up on uphills, soil, and mud great. I just ordered a new one for the rear and will probably wait until the summer is over to put it on.
Based on my experience with high rollers i can recommend them with a good conscience.
John | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
guy
a
from israel
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | rolls fast | | Weaknesses: | wears out like its made out of butter!
corners suck | | Bike Setup: | norco rlz!!!!! | | Bottom Line: | fot sum1 who rides only on sand or similier places i would recomend it...do not put this tire on tare...it will get eatin up.
good pnly 4 rear...dosnt corner that good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brainvermin
a Weekend Warrior
from Québec, Québec, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | Good in muddy and wet conditions | | Bike Setup: | Oryx T-Line 250 2002 with Marzocchi Z4 fork. | | Bottom Line: | I tried these tires in dry, rocky, muddy and wet conditions and found out that they are great. I am happy with them so far and would recommend these to anybody that is looking for MTB tires at a good price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a
from Middleton, MA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 27, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Great grip, never slid out | | Weaknesses: | Does not roll well but when you're bombing down a mountain it doesn't affect it much. | | Bike Setup: | KHS DH50 | | Bottom Line: | I would reccomend these tires for downhillers and freeriders whihc id what these tires are meant for | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Oechsner
a Cross Country Rider
from Evergreen, CO
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Front Range uphills | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Plush ride, easy to seat | | Weaknesses: | Loses air easily, cannot be run at lower pressures, slides easily on corners and uphills- traction poor, tread gone after 3 months of riding, did I mention tread gone after 3 months? | | Similar Products Used: | WTB's, Kenda, Specialized, Contintental's | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575 Race | | Bottom Line: |
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