Favorite rear tire?

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It's about time to replace an oldreartire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirttireriding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I
won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet
wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on atire.
Suggestions?

Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll check their catalog.

I'm tempted toward the Fire XC Pro as well, but I'm not sure how to
tell if it's Japanese, Tiawanese, OEM, original, etc. That's before
red & blue sidewalls come into play...

Do yourself a favor and skip them. Some people have luck with them but
myself along with many others have had most of the knobs tear off in a
single 2 hour ride when using them on therear.

My philosophy is that there are so many tires out there that work well
why
even take a chance on one people have had trouble with.

I use the Kenda Kinetic 2.35 and I think CDB has recommended the
Nevegal in
the past. I'll probably pick up a Nevegal next time.

Greg

Yeah, I've got the 2.35 Kinetics on the SS, and the 2.35 Nevegal on
the double squish, and love those tires. I also love my 2.35 Blue
Groove on the front. But its high desert hardpack, and dry forest
loam for most all our riding. We can't ride the mud here, as it tears
up the trails too badly. The BG/Nevegal combo is pretty popular, and
for our terrain, there's good reason.

CDB


I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:29:17 -0700, Paladin wrote:

On Mar 29, 2:05 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote in message

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On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote:
It's about time to replace an oldreartire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirttireriding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I
won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet
wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on atire.
Suggestions?

Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll check their catalog.

I'm tempted toward the Fire XC Pro as well, but I'm not sure how to
tell if it's Japanese, Tiawanese, OEM, original, etc. That's before
red & blue sidewalls come into play...

Do yourself a favor and skip them. Some people have luck with them but
myself along with many others have had most of the knobs tear off in a
single 2 hour ride when using them on therear.

My philosophy is that there are so many tires out there that work well
why
even take a chance on one people have had trouble with.

I use the Kenda Kinetic 2.35 and I think CDB has recommended the
Nevegal in
the past. I'll probably pick up a Nevegal next time.

Greg

Yeah, I've got the 2.35 Kinetics on the SS, and the 2.35 Nevegal on
the double squish, and love those tires. I also love my 2.35 Blue
Groove on the front. But its high desert hardpack, and dry forest
loam for most all our riding. We can't ride the mud here, as it tears
up the trails too badly. The BG/Nevegal combo is pretty popular, and
for our terrain, there's good reason.

CDB


I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack

Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.


Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Every time I look at it I want to take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. But it seems to work well. I also took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips. Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.

Dean

On Apr 3, 8:17 am, "Dean A. Stepper" wrote:
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:29:17 -0700, Paladin wrote:

On Mar 29, 2:05 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote in message

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On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote:
It's about time to replace an oldreartire, after plenty of miles of
faithful service. I figure I'll research & buy it over mud season,
and install it before my first trail ride once things dry out. No
point beating up a new dirttireriding the wood in my yard.
The bike I'm referring to is a hardtail, now the "Sunday" bike as I
picked up a cheap FS for a beater/snow/rain ride. My general theme
with this bike is light, nice and fast. It will see very little
pavement, and hopefully very little fire road. I figure since I
won't
be riding this in the snow anymore, I can get away from the wider
tires with the huge mud-bar tread. I'll be riding New England, so
it'll be hardpack with some roots & rocks thrown in. No ski-lift
stuff. My previous tires were great on dirt, snow etc but left a
little to be desired when riding up rock. They were slick on wet
wood
as well, but I don't hold that against them.
I also don't want to spend $90 on atire.
Suggestions?

Whatever Kenda suits your terrain.

Greg

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Thanks for the pointer, I'll check their catalog.

I'm tempted toward the Fire XC Pro as well, but I'm not sure how to
tell if it's Japanese, Tiawanese, OEM, original, etc. That's before
red & blue sidewalls come into play...

Do yourself a favor and skip them. Some people have luck with them but
myself along with many others have had most of the knobs tear off in a
single 2 hour ride when using them on therear.

My philosophy is that there are so many tires out there that work well
why
even take a chance on one people have had trouble with.

I use the Kenda Kinetic 2.35 and I think CDB has recommended the
Nevegal in
the past. I'll probably pick up a Nevegal next time.

Greg

Yeah, I've got the 2.35 Kinetics on the SS, and the 2.35 Nevegal on
the double squish, and love those tires. I also love my 2.35 Blue
Groove on the front. But its high desert hardpack, and dry forest
loam for most all our riding. We can't ride the mud here, as it tears
up the trails too badly. The BG/Nevegal combo is pretty popular, and
for our terrain, there's good reason.

CDB

I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack

Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.

Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Every time I look at it I want to take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. But it seems to work well. I also took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips. Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.

Dean


The DG out here chews the crap out of tires rather quickly,

JD

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper
wrote:

I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack

Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.


Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Every time I look at it I want to
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. But it seems to work well. I also took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips.
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.

Dean


Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. I thinking there's no way that small
block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. I'm going miss running 2.5s, but there'
no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I should've
held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did I
just write that
--
Slack

On Apr 3, 10:08Â*pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper Â*





wrote:
I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small block
for the rear. Â*You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack

Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.

Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Â*Every time I look at it I want to Â*
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. Â*But it seems to work well. Â*I also took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. Â* I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips. Â*
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.

Dean

Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. Â*I thinking there's no way that small Â*
block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. Â*I'm going miss running 2.5s, but there' Â*
no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I should've Â*
held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did I Â*
just write that
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Spinergy MTB wheels? Really? I didn't think that those had a very good
reputation. Maybe I just don't see many of them out here.

/s

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:16:53 -0700, Scott Gordo
wrote:

On Apr 3, 10:08Â*pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper Â*





wrote:
I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small
block
for the rear. Â*You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack

Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple
of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.

Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Â*Every time I look at it I want
to Â*
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. Â*But it seems to work well. Â*I also
took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. Â* I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips. Â*
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.

Dean

Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. Â*I thinking there's no way that small Â*
block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. Â*I'm going miss running 2.5s, but
there' Â*
no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I
should've Â*
held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did I Â*
just write that
--
Slack- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Spinergy MTB wheels? Really? I didn't think that those had a very good
reputation. Maybe I just don't see many of them out here.

/s


You are correct and actually their reputation was horrendous, especially
in the CS
dept. But, IIRC, supposedly they have cleaned up their act in the past
couple years.
They've been pretty responsive and helpful so far; time will tell.

I was a intrigued with their PBO spokes and they use Enduro® brand bearings
in their hubs, which is one good sign. I found a decent used pair in "like
new
cond" with a decent discount from retail, so I went for it. They are
machined and
anodized beautifully. It was one of those purchases where half your brain
is
telling you to do it, while the other half says, “dude - don't do it!�

They *do* roll real nice while in the bike stand
--
Slack - on a spending spree.... weeeee!

On Apr 4, 8:57Â*pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:16:53 -0700, Scott Gordo Â*
wrote:





On Apr 3, 10:08Â*pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper Â*

wrote:
I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small Â*
block
for the rear. Â*You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack

Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple Â*
of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.

Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Â*Every time I look at it I want Â*
to Â*
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. Â*But it seems to work well. Â*I also Â*
took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. Â* I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips. Â*
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.

Dean

Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. Â*I thinking there's no way that small Â*
block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. Â*I'm going miss running 2.5s, but Â*
there' Â*
no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I Â*
should've Â*
held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did I Â*
just write that
--
Slack- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Spinergy MTB wheels? Really? I didn't think that those had a very good
reputation. Maybe I just don't see many of them out here.

/s

You are correct and actually their reputation was horrendous, especially Â*
in the CS
dept. But, IIRC, supposedly they have cleaned up their act in the past Â*
couple years.
They've been pretty responsive and helpful so far; time will tell.

I was a intrigued with their PBO spokes and they use Enduro® brand bearings
in their hubs, which is one good sign. I found a decent used pair in "like Â*
new
cond" with a decent discount from retail, so I went for it. They are Â*
machined and
anodized beautifully. Â*It was one of those purchases where half your brain Â*
is
telling you to do it, while the other half says, “dude - don't do it!�

They *do* roll real nice while in the bike stand Â*
--
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Good luck, and let us know how they work out. I'd say it's pretty
likely that you're the only NG regular rolling them.

/s

Scott Gordo wrote:
On Apr 4, 8:57 pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:16:53 -0700, Scott Gordo
wrote:





On Apr 3, 10:08 pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper
wrote:
I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small
block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack
Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple
of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.
Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Every time I look at it I want
to
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. But it seems to work well. I also
took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips.
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.
Dean
Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. I thinking there's no way that small
block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. I'm going miss running 2.5s, but
there'
no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I
should've
held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did I
just write that
--
Slack- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Spinergy MTB wheels? Really? I didn't think that those had a very good
reputation. Maybe I just don't see many of them out here.
/s
You are correct and actually their reputation was horrendous, especially
in the CS
dept. But, IIRC, supposedly they have cleaned up their act in the past
couple years.
They've been pretty responsive and helpful so far; time will tell.

I was a intrigued with their PBO spokes and they use Enduro® brand bearings
in their hubs, which is one good sign. I found a decent used pair in "like
new
cond" with a decent discount from retail, so I went for it. They are
machined and
anodized beautifully. It was one of those purchases where half your brain
is
telling you to do it, while the other half says, “dude - don't do it!�

They *do* roll real nice while in the bike stand
--
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Good luck, and let us know how they work out. I'd say it's pretty
likely that you're the only NG regular rolling them.


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http://www.mountainbikebill.com/WebsitePartners.htm

Greg

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On Apr 5, 10:33 am, "G.T." wrote:
Scott Gordo wrote:
On Apr 4, 8:57 pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:16:53 -0700, Scott Gordo
wrote:

On Apr 3, 10:08 pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper
wrote:
I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small
block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack
Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple
of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.
Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Every time I look at it I want
to
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. But it seems to work well. I also
took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips.
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.
Dean
Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. I thinking there's no way that small
block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. I'm going miss running 2.5s, but
there'
no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I
should've
held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did I
just write that
--
Slack- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Spinergy MTB wheels? Really? I didn't think that those had a very good
reputation. Maybe I just don't see many of them out here.
/s
You are correct and actually their reputation was horrendous, especially
in the CS
dept. But, IIRC, supposedly they have cleaned up their act in the past
couple years.
They've been pretty responsive and helpful so far; time will tell.

I was a intrigued with their PBO spokes and they use Enduro® brand bearings
in their hubs, which is one good sign. I found a decent used pair in "like
new
cond" with a decent discount from retail, so I went for it. They are
machined and
anodized beautifully. It was one of those purchases where half your brain
is
telling you to do it, while the other half says, “dude - don't do it!�

They *do* roll real nice while in the bike stand
--
Slack - on a spending spree.... weeeee!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Good luck, and let us know how they work out. I'd say it's pretty
likely that you're the only NG regular rolling them.

Senior Mountain Bike Bill does:

http://www.mountainbikebill.com/WebsitePartners.htm


He's had some good luck with them. I keep pestering him to have them
dare to bring me into the R&D fold of their offerings. If anyone can
break it by JRA, I can.

JD

On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:33:50 -0700, G.T. wrote:

Scott Gordo wrote:
On Apr 4, 8:57 pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:16:53 -0700, Scott Gordo
wrote:





On Apr 3, 10:08 pm, â–€Slack wrote:
On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:17:06 -0700, Dean A. Stepper
wrote:
I'm looking to pick up a Nevegal for the front and maybe the small
block
for the rear. You are running the 1 ply ver., correct?
--
Slack
Had been running the 2.5 Nevegal, 2.5 Blue Groove combo for a couple
of
years...hard to beat except for sidewall slashes.
Now on 2.3 small eight on the back. Every time I look at it I want
to
take
it off...the knobs are so wimpy. But it seems to work well. I also
took
the Blue Groove off the front and running a 2.55 Weirwolf LT. I am
switching back to the Nev/BG combo for this summers Mammoth Trips.
Although
I have been enjoying the lighter tires.
Dean
Cool, thanks for the info, Dean. I thinking there's no way that
small block is going to hold, but
apparently it a pretty good tire. I'm going miss running 2.5s, but
there' no way they'll fit on my little
Spinergy rims; I hope those things hold up... have a feeling I
should've held out for the Enduro versions,
but I wanted to keep it as light as possible for climbing gasp, did
I just write that
--
Slack- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Spinergy MTB wheels? Really? I didn't think that those had a very good
reputation. Maybe I just don't see many of them out here.
/s
You are correct and actually their reputation was horrendous,
especially in the CS
dept. But, IIRC, supposedly they have cleaned up their act in the
past couple years.
They've been pretty responsive and helpful so far; time will tell.

I was a intrigued with their PBO spokes and they use Enduro® brand
bearings
in their hubs, which is one good sign. I found a decent used pair in
"like new
cond" with a decent discount from retail, so I went for it. They are
machined and
anodized beautifully. It was one of those purchases where half your
brain is
telling you to do it, while the other half says, “dude - don't do it!�

They *do* roll real nice while in the bike stand
--
Slack - on a spending spree.... weeeee!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Good luck, and let us know how they work out. I'd say it's pretty
likely that you're the only NG regular rolling them.


Senior Mountain Bike Bill does:

http://www.mountainbikebill.com/WebsitePartners.htm

Greg


Ah, super cool, if he's rocking them and they're holding up, I know
they're worthy.
Although, the pix are with the DH versions, which I know are good
performers; I just wasn't
100% on the XC version.... But I see he's been rolling those, too 8-)
--
Slack