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Careful now, you're sounding like Jared Graves feels.Sounds like I'm trying out a DHF then! And I take back any nice things I ever said about Speccy tyres. Rubbish.
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Careful now, you're sounding like Jared Graves feels.Sounds like I'm trying out a DHF then! And I take back any nice things I ever said about Speccy tyres. Rubbish.
Ground Control GRID. Ripped a knob so bad I got covered in sealant. Back of my legs looked like a weird porno money shot.What spesh tyres were you using? Some only suffer a small weight penalty for the grid casing... I think the purgatory was a whopping 50g more. Butcher and slaughter are about 150-200g more, but still worthy tyres in my opinion.
I'll be going to spesh's new plus size grid tyres as soon as they are out. $70 for a 27.5x2.8 from spesh, and $120 for the same from maxxis is hard to swallow.
Damn. I'm the first person to say go maxxis, I was their number one fan until their plus sized tyres got a very plus sized price increase!Ground Control GRID. Ripped a knob so bad I got covered in sealant. Back of my legs looked like a weird porno money shot.
I've never had a problem with Maxxis. Only went with the Spec because they were two for one. You get what you pay for.
German cheese!Currently riding some schwalbes, which I regret.
Is slick, like baby seal.Learnt the hard way today that the Purgs simply slide on wet checkerplate. I think butter would grip better on ice that had been lubed with grease.
Looking at those tyres lined up made me think of a motocross bike. The 29x2.5 on the front and the 27.5x3.0 on the back.2.5 DHF is a big tyre. Side knobs stick out from the casing a decent amount compared to a 2.3 which is very similar.
On i30 wheels, the 2.3 butcher is about 58mm casing and tread. 2.5 DHF is about 61mm casing and 64mm tread.
Your 600 gram tyres don't corner very well.I just can't bring myself to add almost a kg of rotating weight to my trail bike. 1kg tyres are obscene. Am I missing something here- when did we all need 2.5 tyres at over a kg?
Considering I never have a problem with my 600gram tyres I can't see the need to go big and heavy.
I really feel like I am missing out on something. Perhaps I don't ride hard enough but at 100kgs and ride everywhere others do- I thought I would be a prime candidate for strong and grippy rubber.
I so want to be with the cool kids but shudder at carting all that weight.
Is that what I'm missing????Your 600 gram tyres don't corner very well.
Cornering is teh funnest part.
hah. might be a interesting setup for the honzo.Looking at those tyres lined up made me think of a motocross bike. The 29x2.5 on the front and the 27.5x3.0 on the back.
600 gram tyres would likely die in the carpark at my local... it all depends on what you ride, and how you ride it. local tracks are very rocky, and i like to think i have a decent pace.I just can't bring myself to add almost a kg of rotating weight to my trail bike. 1kg tyres are obscene. Am I missing something here- when did we all need 2.5 tyres at over a kg?
Considering I never have a problem with my 600gram tyres I can't see the need to go big and heavy.
I really feel like I am missing out on something. Perhaps I don't ride hard enough but at 100kgs and ride everywhere others do- I thought I would be a prime candidate for strong and grippy rubber.
I so want to be with the cool kids but shudder at carting all that weight.
You're missing lots of shit JD. this is a 29er thread - first up, 29ers are shit. Second up, 600g tyres are shit. Third up, you missed the shuttle bus on the 1200g tyres - that shit just compounds all the other shit.Is that what I'm missing????
I feel like a shell of a manYou're missing lots of shit JD. this is a 29er thread - first up, 29ers are shit. Second up, 600g tyres are shit. Third up, you missed the shuttle bus on the 1200g tyres - that shit just compounds all the other shit.
How do you cope with yourself?
Make peace with it JD, after all this is the XC/cross country forum 29er Tyre Thread, not the red bull rampage super gravity enduro tyre thread. God only knows how yours and my 100kg frames get away with such foolery on rocky stuff like youies/castlemaine/redesdale/beechworth, especially on 29ers? You still running old school narrow (sub 35+mm) rims like me too I suspect?I feel like a shell of a man
Yes stan flowsMake peace with it JD, after all this is the XC/cross country forum 29er Tyre Thread, not the red bull rampage super gravity enduro tyre thread. God only knows how yours and my 100kg frames get away with such foolery on rocky stuff like youies/castlemaine/redesdale/beechworth, especially on 29ers? You still running old school narrow (sub 35+mm) rims like me too I suspect?