Hookworms on a Downhill bike?

Konad · Nov 8, 2010

The mountain season may be over however our dry days are not behind us. I am considering putting Maxxis Hookworm 2.5 tires on my 2009 Giant Glory DH for some urban freeride use. Am I crazy?

jcook1989 · Nov 8, 2010

No.

Hookworms are a good high volume street tire. They'd be fine for some urban FR.

b-kul · Nov 8, 2010

no way. that would be ill.

OUTsane(the original) · Nov 8, 2010

I've been thinking about doing this myself. I've also been thinking about the Holly Rollers, so I could still hit some light dirt stuff if I felt like it.

insanitylevel9 · Nov 8, 2010

why not urban is fun

lokomonkey · Nov 8, 2010

..I did that to my hardtail, :thumbsup:

schneidie · Nov 8, 2010

Do it!

NWS · Nov 8, 2010

Also check out the Schwalbe Big Apple, especially if you're going to be riding at night.

Reflective sidewalls.

FROGMAN524 · Nov 8, 2010

Cool idea, post pics if you do it!

modifier · Nov 8, 2010

I run 2.5 Hookworms on my commuter/city bike and they are good tires. Pretty thick so flats don't seem to be and issue, so far. They look cool too.

I run them pretty low pressure to take up road shock being spoiled by suspension. Still roll fast.

Konad · Nov 8, 2010

Doing it sometime this week, will post pics.

OUTsane(the original) · Nov 8, 2010

Vid too?

deuceDH · Nov 8, 2010

Rolled them tubeless on my DH bike all last winter. Try them on the trails too, the amount of traction will blow your mind. Also makes you a better rider by forcing you to be in the proper position on your bike.

DeanH · Nov 8, 2010

i use holy rollers on mine, have for some years now for anything urban, works great, also for hardpack dirt

AmirBernard · Nov 8, 2010

yea why not? they are urban DH tires

Techfreak · Nov 8, 2010

Hookworms for urban, +1
Giant Glory for urban, -10

If that is all you got, then ride it. If you have a hard tail, use it instead.

veloreality · Nov 9, 2010

this guys got hookworms on his coiler

Fury25 · Nov 9, 2010

Will agree that they offer offer surprisng traction on try trails.

They also look damn sexy in a supermotard sort of way.

Here's mine:

Konad · Nov 9, 2010

Techfreak said:
Hookworms for urban, +1
Giant Glory for urban, -10

If that is all you got, then ride it. If you have a hard tail, use it instead.

Well I'm talking about large double stair sets, large drops. Not flowy stuff here, think Brooklyn machine works and their old demo urban Fr videos.

Techfreak · Nov 9, 2010

Konad said:
Well I'm talking about large double stair sets, large drops. Not flowy stuff here, think Brooklyn machine works and their old demo urban Fr videos.

Do you mean BIG stuff, like this:

HT for urban FTW.

Hookworms on a Downhill bike?

Konad

jcook1989

b-kul

OUTsane(the original)

insanitylevel9

lokomonkey

schneidie

NWS

FROGMAN524

modifier

Konad

OUTsane(the original)

deuceDH

DeanH

AmirBernard

Techfreak

veloreality

Fury25

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