I built up a Canfield EPO hard tail but didn't have a rear wheel to use since it was non boost. I borrowed a wheel from a friend to use until a wheel I ordered arrived. It came with a Maxxis Assegai on it (29x2.5 3C Max Terra). I have a test lap that I run at lunch at my local trail. It's a 8.14 mile selection of trails I made into a long strava segment. Sometimes I run to at race pace to a feel of where my equipment and body are at. PB is around 47minutes on my Kona Hei Hei. 49 minutes on my single speed. I ran it in 51:27 on the Canfield.
Two days later my wheel arrives. I set it up with a Rekon Race 29x2.35 120tpi EXO. Disappointing as far as weight over 850g so only about 200g lighter than the Assegai on my scale. Wheel was a little heavier so really only list about 120g total when it was all said and done. On 48 hours of recovery ran the same course at race pace with the same warmup before running the course
. Ran a 50:19 with an asterisk as I stopped 25 seconds to tie a shoe that came untied, another 30 seconds to give someone direction, and ran into slower traffic twice while the 51:27 with the assegai was a clean run. Average heart rate in both runs was 162bpm.
So in a ~50 minute ride at race pace going from an enduro tire in the rear to an XC race tire with no other changes made a ~2 minute difference.
EPO with Forkaster V2 front and Rekon Race rear tire setup.
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Two days later my wheel arrives. I set it up with a Rekon Race 29x2.35 120tpi EXO. Disappointing as far as weight over 850g so only about 200g lighter than the Assegai on my scale. Wheel was a little heavier so really only list about 120g total when it was all said and done. On 48 hours of recovery ran the same course at race pace with the same warmup before running the course
. Ran a 50:19 with an asterisk as I stopped 25 seconds to tie a shoe that came untied, another 30 seconds to give someone direction, and ran into slower traffic twice while the 51:27 with the assegai was a clean run. Average heart rate in both runs was 162bpm.
So in a ~50 minute ride at race pace going from an enduro tire in the rear to an XC race tire with no other changes made a ~2 minute difference.
EPO with Forkaster V2 front and Rekon Race rear tire setup.
