|   Please help me choose a tire... | JOS
Jan 3, 2004 6:38 PM | | I want to buy the fattest tires posible for my Surly cross-check. I live in Costa Rica so I will have to mail order from the US.( NOT MUCH 29ERS HERE). I was thinking of the WTB MUTANORAPTOR 700c X 44/44 or the Ritchey ZED 700c X 42. Which one is wider in REAL size? Will it be better to build a custom fork so I can run one of this tires in the back and a real 2.1 X 29" up front?
Thanks in advance
Jose |
| I have the Mutano Raptor specs on my site. Have not... | shiggy©®
Jan 3, 2004 9:21 PM | | ... Measured a ZED. I have several 29" tires on the charts.
You do not need a custom fork. You can use a 26" suspension corrected mtb fork like the Surly 1x1. It will raise the front end a bit and slacken the frame angles but a 29 x 2.1 tire will fit. You would need to use a disc brake on the front.
shiggy's Mt. Bike Tire Site |
| re: Please help me choose a tire... | Cloxxki
Jan 4, 2004 4:04 AM | | What about the 28x1.9" Schwalbe Black Jack? It has a continous middle tread and agressive knobs on the side.
I own 2 Cross-Check forks, the first (aftermarket, black) I bought for a frankenbike project, putting a 29" front on a 26" MTB, wiout altering geometry. I managed to squeeze a Motoraptor in there without tire rub (in the dry).
I recently got a complete red Cross-Check frameset, and the Motoraptor rub in that one, and violently so, with a 21mm WTB rim. I have yet to try a 19 or 20mm rim with it, as that's what I used before when I got it to work with the black one. If you have a narrow front rim, it may be worth a try.
A Dimension MTB disc-only fork works freak with 29" tires, I own one of those, to, gotten for another frankenbike conversion. It's only 410mm tall, just 10 more than the Cross-Check fork. Some carbon cross forks seem to be wide enough for narrow 2.1" tires, too.
26" MTb forks can even work with cantilevers, if you can find someone to make a canti mount adapter, which is not too hard to do.
I did a ride with a Motoraptor up front in the CC, which felt great apart from the annoying resonance from the tire rubbing the fork. Gave me a lot more confidence going down a dual-slalom track, much more than any 40mm tire could ever match. The Mutanoraptor is okay, but IMO a real in-between, not really cross, by far not MTB. Mine are just 40mm wide. hard to find the best pressure, where it offers sufficent grip but doesn't pinch flat.
I'll post on here if I manage to get a Motoraptor in my new CC fork again.
Good luck!
J
Attached pic : Dimension 410mm MTB fork with fat Notos tire. |
| ritchey zeds 700 x 42 | tisingle
Jan 6, 2004 4:11 PM | | i run the 700 x 42mm zed comps. on a open pro 20mm rim at 50 psi they are 40.2 mm wide and 42.8mm tall. they weigh 522 grams each. i got them from: http://www.worldclasscycles.com/cyclocross_tires.htm
hope this helps. erik |
| re: Please help me choose a tire... | patirwin
Jan 6, 2004 4:13 PM | | The wtb is a great tire for the XCheck, and I did alot of MTBing on that bike this year and it's a blast. Try a wider rim to get even more float. I haven't tried a RhynoLite (27.5) rim, but it's a possibility. I use Salsa Delgados and like the setup. I haven't found a wider tire that will fit, including the Ritcheys. Alaska Pat |
| OK JOS | hitekrdnk
Jan 8, 2004 9:41 AM | | Check this link: grey day "tired Q: biggest available tires in crosscheck" 10/25/02 4:11pm
With a little ingenuity you should be able to get a 29" tire in there, someone has already obviously.
So with a 2x4 and some hammer action you would go with the any of the WTB tires as seen here although the first four would fit without any hassle:
If you can't figure out what the 2x4 and hammer have to do with it I would be more than willing to come down to Costa Rica and show you! |
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