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Submitted by
Peter Smith
a Racer
from South Africa
Date Reviewed: 5/3/2007 12:06:57 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Braamfontein Spruit |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $35 |
| Purchased At: | Westrand |
| Strengths: | Well spaced tread pattern dispearses both mud and loose rock with ease. The low rolling resistance is surprizingly fast for a 2.3 and the volume of the tyre is great. |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Similar Products Tried: | To be honest this tyre is in a class of its own...Tried The Schwalbe Fat Alberts, Racing ralphs, Black Jack and Jimmy. Conti Digger, Explorer. Maxxis Larsen TT and Cross Mark. |
| Bike Setup: | Merida HFS 5000 hardtail with carbon rear stays |
| Bottom Line: | I would recomend this tyre to any competitive Xc / trail rider. You will not be dissapointed once you have tried the tyre. |
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Submitted by
Jake
a Racer
from West Chester
Date Reviewed: 8/9/2006 10:15:07 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Fair Hill |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | Won from raffle at bike race |
| Strengths: | Killer Traction in all types of terrain, even wet. High volume (but small for a 2.3 inch... more like 2.1), corners as if it's on rails |
| Weaknesses: | Heavy, the low durro tread wears quickly, my free pair wore out in about 2 months. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Tioga Factory extreme XC, Roll-X, FireXC, Enduro Pro |
| Bike Setup: | XC Race/Marathon |
| Bottom Line: | These tires were free, so I put them on my bike. They are great tires, but as with all performance tires, they wear fast. I ride almost 4 days a week, so the rear wore down quickly. The tires are great though. The stick to everything, including wet stuff. They clear mud fast, and fly on hardpack. The also hook up in technical sections. I might just buy another pair, but in the 2.1 size. 5 for value, and 5 for overall... great tire |
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Submitted by
eric heyl
a Cross Country Rider
from louisisana
Date Reviewed: 8/9/2006 10:47:55 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | all |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | tested for geax |
| Strengths: | very large air volume, rolls extremely fast for a 2.3, has plenty of grip. and it is also light. the tire in question is called the tnt version. stands for tbe no tube. can be used with a tube or with sealant. it has the same sidewalls and bead as a tubless tire. the tire weighs 700g. |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | everything out there |
| Bike Setup: | turner flux, fox talas and rp3, all xtr and crossmax wheels |
| Bottom Line: | bad ass tire. |
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Submitted by
Pug Ugli
a Weekend Warrior
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: 6/4/2006 10:48:15 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Shane McGowan |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | Chain Reaction Cycles |
| Strengths: | Grippy, plenty of scrabble before she goes, tough, good wear(so far anyway) |
| Weaknesses: | Not for the wet |
| Similar Products Tried: | Panaracer XC |
| Bike Setup: | Hardtail, Fox vanillas, Deore, SPDs, Magura discs all round |
| Bottom Line: | Bought the 2.3 tyre (on offer-why?) and run it on the front, with a 2.1 Panaracer Fire on the back. I find it a great tyre in the dry - excellent on fast dry singletrack and good on rocks/slabs/drop-offs. There's plenty of feel and you can drift much more than the Panaracer I had on the front before, so you get more feedback rather than the 'wheee - on the bike - ghad! - off the bike' Pana. The wet is a different story, even a shower means that you skite aboot on rock and that throws your confidence for really hooning it into bends. Since, in Scotland, if you can see the trail it is going to rain (if you can't, it is raining already) this is a drawback. I used to get pinch flats, and I'm running this tyre with a tube the noo, but haven't had any trouble, so seems resistant to snakebite. Wear so far is good - the rubber is called 'stickisoft', suggesting that it will go quickly, but doesn't seem to be any quicker than other MTB specific hi-performance tyres. If you ride dry trails a lot, maybe you would like this tyre. |
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