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$ 50.00
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Description:High density nylon casing.
Optimized semi-slick tread provides grip and is designed to be fast rolling.
State-of-the-art Silicium™ tread for enhanced grip.
Molded butyl inner liner and specially shaped lightweight Kevlar® bead for air tight tubeless seal.
Mavic UST certified and Nagesti (Rigida) tubeless compatible.
Sizes/Weights:
26”x2.0” 700g.
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Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Poto | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | High,High rolling tire. | | Weaknesses: | Loose condition grip. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Scalpel 3000. Full SRAM XO with Mavic 813 rims mated to Cannondale and Chris King hubs. | | Bottom Line: | Have a friend who has run the Jets for a few years and raved about them. Finally found a pair of tubeless version (hard to come by it seems) and anxiously mounted on my bike. 2 things struck me right away. I was able to climb more hills in the bigger ring due to the awesome low rolling resistance. I normally don't make up tons of time in the flats but I noticed I was able to generate up to 3 miles per hour difference using the same energy as my old tires. I was really jacked about that as I look for any way to gain speed that I can. Cornering with these takes getting used to as they slide and grab and it can scare you at first. I had to stay back in the saddle to insure bite on loose hills and mud was a little squirrely to steer in as well. The speed tradeoffs more than made up for the cornering for me. These tires are made for hardpack and should not be asked to ride outside that realm. If you stick to that, you will not be disappointed. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rick e
a Racer
from Wisconsin
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | john mur | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | VERY VERY FAST! The tred life rocks. not very condition specific (though hardpack preferd.), light for a tubeless 2.0 tire. | | Weaknesses: | a bit pricy, but what highend tires arnt? | | Similar Products Used: | HUTCH. scorp ( YUCK!), michelin comp s, CONT. explor. ( not bad) | | Bike Setup: | trek 9.8, fox F80 T.I.V, 03 xtr group. | | Bottom Line: | Super fast tires! i've been mostly rideing on hardpack, some mud and sand. These tires climb like a goat! At first you dont really trust the tires to grip alot on turns, but within 30 min you get used to them and just let them do there job. They corner better then both HUTCH. misq and scorps, not quite as well and Comp S, but are faster. The backend does get a bit loose in deep sand. these arnt bad in mud, not great, but not bad, and they shed mud instantly. does well in 5 inch rock gardens. Be sure to get the rear tred facing the right way! Fist time i put them on facing the same direction as the front, not good! To make sure you get best traction keep rear around 35 PSI, and fronts around 40 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grabby McCrotch
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Harold Parker | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Dam these things are fast... I was able to keep pace with a roadie while biking on a street to get to my trail. Super smooth on the right kinda trail and holds air like a son of a gun. | | Weaknesses: | Also fell like a mofo when I tried to ride these babies outside of their specified conditions. Fell like a mofo when climbing slick rocks and fell like a mofo cornering on mushy soil. Maybe I'm just a sucky rider, I don't know. | | Similar Products Used: | Also have tubeless Pythons and Explorers. Pythons are the best all around UST tires, I think. | | Bike Setup: | Nice Blur rig. | | Bottom Line: | Put these tires on your supermarket/school bike or if you ride on nothing but dry rocks or hardpark. Don't ask too for too much from these tires and you'll live to see your next birthday. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Somxay
a Racer
from Philadelphia, PA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Perfomance Bike | | Strengths: | nice color, fast roller, it's tubeless and great road tire | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | Vertex team, full XTR, Crossmax UST, Sid fork, race ready at 21lbs | | Bottom Line: | Great tires and never had any trouble with them. Would reccomend if riding on rode. I have beaten rodies with these tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Cross Country Rider
from Gainesville, FL
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | The one I'm on | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Bought the pair off ebay | | Strengths: | Rolls insanely fast, hooks up great in hardpack/heavy sand. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't do well in loose rock or gravel... but you aren't running these in that anyway unless you're a moron. | | Similar Products Used: | Panarcer Trailblaster UST (Worthless in anything but nasty mud) | | Bike Setup: | F900 with SRAM X0 and high end goodies. | | Bottom Line: | This is an awesome tire. I was skeptical at first, but these tires are truly amazing in hardpack/medium conditions. They corner rediculously well in the right conditions. But this is a condition specific tire, so don't expect it to go hooking up in ALL conditions. It was designed to roll fast on hardpack, not much else. It does great for Florida's sandy hardpacked trails, but things get scary in the loose stuff. So if you want something that will perform in hardpack, this is your tire. 4 piles of crap for value since they're expensive, but 5 overall for being a great tire. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Richfax
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine Rim, Moab | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | stock on bike | | Strengths: | Lightweight Tubeless, Fast(on asphalt). | | Weaknesses: | You name it...
Puke Green color doesn't help either. | | Similar Products Used: | Hutchinson Python (the best), Hutchinson Mosquito (bad). | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS Air | | Bottom Line: | This tire doesn't hook up well on any conditions other than on the sidewalk. Loose gravel or rock...forget it. There are no knobs and therefore it doesn't do anything that a mountain bike tire should do. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Racer
from Austin, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | La Ruta de los Conquistadores | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycle Sport Shop | | Strengths: | Rolls fast, corners surprisingly well, can run really low pressure | | Weaknesses: | Usual semi-slick problems - washes out in gravel and rocky terrain, but better than others I've used. Expensive | | Similar Products Used: | Mt Baldy, Twister | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Truth, XTR, Mavic SL | | Bottom Line: | Time will tell how long these last, but I'd say that for hardpack they rule. I was also impressed by how well these hooked up climbing - also an attribute of the low pressure I was running. I would really only use these for racing - there are better all round tires. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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