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Favorite rear tire?
It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? |
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Favorite rear tire?
On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote: It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? Whatever Kenda suits your terrain. Greg -- The ticket******* Tax Tracker:http://www.ticketmastersucks.org/tracker.html- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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... |
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"G.T." wrote in message ... wrote: It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? Whatever Kenda suits your terrain. I have a kenda bear claw pon my rear. I dont slide out going up or down hills, great in snow, doesn't spin in mud, and decent on rock. I got it at Canadian Tire for $20 Micheal |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote: wrote: It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? Whatever Kenda suits your terrain. Greg -- The ticket******* Tax Tracker:http://www.ticketmastersucks.org/tracker.html- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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 the rear. 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 |
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On Mar 29, 4:05 pm, "G.T." wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 29, 12:47 pm, "G.T." wrote: wrote: It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? Whatever Kenda suits your terrain. Greg -- The ticket******* Tax Tracker:http://www.ticketmastersucks.org/tracker.html-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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 the rear. 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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thats interesting. I've never had a problem with mine (which are, FWIW, the higher TPI Japanese version). Maybe it's an East Coast/West Coast terrain thing? (Eg: In the mid 1990s, I LOVED my soft, sticky Continentals here, but wore a new pair down to a slick at Moab.) /s |
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oups.com... It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? My older framed XC bike doesn't much like tires over 2.1. I use Weirwolves front and back for the wet stuff, and switch to Fire XC when things start to dry out. Both of these tives have good cross over, so I'm not too anal about when the change takes place. My normal terrain is hilly dirt singletrack with roots and rocks. I don't put on as many miles as many folks in this group, but this combo has worked very well for me for 2-3 seasons. Also, I got both sets of tires on eBay for under $30 a pair. Cheers Gary |
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On Mar 29, 6:50 am, " wrote:
It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? East? Continental Vertical Pro or Gravity. JD |
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"Mamba" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? My older framed XC bike doesn't much like tires over 2.1. I use Weirwolves front and back for the wet stuff, and switch to Fire XC when things start to dry out. Both of these tives have good cross over, so I'm not too anal about when the change takes place. My normal terrain is hilly dirt singletrack with roots and rocks. And there you have two pro-Fire XC testimonials to my one anti-Fire XC. And to Gordo's note, I had the Japanese version, too. Greg |
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On Mar 30, 5:14 am, "G.T." wrote:
"Mamba" wrote in message ... wrote in message roups.com... It's about time to replace an old rear tire, 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 dirt tire riding 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 a tire. Suggestions? My older framed XC bike doesn't much like tires over 2.1. I use Weirwolves front and back for the wet stuff, and switch to Fire XC when things start to dry out. Both of these tives have good cross over, so I'm not too anal about when the change takes place. My normal terrain is hilly dirt singletrack with roots and rocks. And there you have two pro-Fire XC testimonials to my one anti-Fire XC. And to Gordo's note, I had the Japanese version, too. Greg I'll second the negative on the Fire XC's. knobs are spaced too far apart and tear off. Mine only lasted about a month. Front washes out also, compared to smoke/dart, conti's and WTB's. Of course, it all depends on what type of dirt you ride. What doesn't work here in CO might work whereever you live. I would think they work well on loose/semi-wet forest soil, but don't work well on dry soft sand or hardpack. |
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