|   Won on Stans today | SteveA
Aug 11, 2002 5:04 PM | | Did a race in New England as a tune up for next weeks Mt. Snow Norba Nat. The system worked perfect @ about 40 lbs, lots of rocks, lots of roots, Tire used Skinny Jimmy mounted on Mavic 317 disc."cool" |
| where was the race? nm | VT Mike
Aug 11, 2002 6:28 PM | | |
| re: Won on Stans today | Steve A
Aug 12, 2002 3:50 AM | | Winstead Woods in Ct. Tough course just keeps coming at you no chance for rest plus 90 + degrees, I think a loop is about 4.4 miles +/- good fun was had by all. |
| how does the Skinny Jimmy perform in deep mud? | Max
Aug 12, 2002 4:32 AM | | especially in wet, muddy conditions? did a race yesterday, and it was raining for days. i crashed 5 times cuz my fat comp s light didnt grip enough on the slippy (really) muddy grass passages.....
also important because of world championships this year, it will surely rain like hell and then the grass-traverses wont be rideable cuz the comp s light will slip off sideways. is the SJ better? or are the knobs way too small for mud? shall i buy the hutchinson mosquito 1.85 instead? (i´d get this one very cheap...)
BTW: congrats!!!! |
| how does the Skinny Jimmy perform in deep mud? | Steve A
Aug 12, 2002 7:56 AM | | having tryed all these i will say the SJ was the best, but i never did try it in deep mud as it'd very dry this year. New England |
| SJ's rock in the mud | ®i© Wi©to®
Aug 12, 2002 8:01 AM | | For my local XC racing (western Holland - clay, sand and lots of grass) I ride Skinny Jimmies whenever it's wet. I have had no traction problems whatever with the SJ's. They have enough grip to corner quite quickly, and slice through all but the thickest mud. I did flat my rear on a HT once (run them at 4 bar if you can, no less), but other than that they're fine.
Only in the very stickiest of clay will the SJ's be too much - then Black Shark Mud 1.5"'s are the only option. |
| eric...... | Max
Aug 12, 2002 9:11 AM | | i got the black shark mud 1.5, i use them for cyclo cross. but they have a very high rolling resistance, what doesnt make them an option for anything beside 15 cm deep mud. i´ll try my SJ in the rear, the comp s light in the front
BTW: cool nickname! |
| Max... | ®i© Wi©to®
Aug 12, 2002 9:45 AM | | Let me know how the Comp S performs up front. I've always been told it was kind of scary as a front tire, but I'm still pondering getting a set. Gotta love any tire with a Michelin man on the side :0) |
| Max... | Max
Aug 12, 2002 11:47 PM | | i love it! back in my UST days i rode the comp s UST 1.95, which was great everywhere. now i got the comp s light since my jimmies have been worn down.
comp s light: 450 g, useable as UST tire (!), 52,5 mm carcasse and thread width, more volume than python airlites
the comp s light is great everywhere, especially under dry to wet conditions. only in deep mud i t washed out in a race in a steep switchback on wet grass+deep mud (it rained for days), but still very predictable.
i´d buy it again, also as a rear tire! |
| Danke schön. Still debating Comp S or Scorpion 2.0" (NM) | ®i© Wi©to®
Aug 13, 2002 7:20 AM | | |
| i´d go for the comp s lites (nm) | Max
Aug 14, 2002 2:11 AM | | |
| how does the Skinny Jimmy perform in deep mud? | Cloxxki
Aug 12, 2002 2:11 PM | | This year's Nationals were on a super-wet surface, mostly forest, little roots. I explored the lap on my spare bike that had Jimmy's on it, and I feared the worst, as my racebike was on Minotaurs, and time was too short too swap, just before a championship. So I headed to the startingline with my all(oy)-rigid bike on Minotaurs, figuring at least the drivetrain would out-perform the sparebike by a big margin. Well, the Minotaurs turned out to be great in the mud! There were pools covering all of the singletrack, no escape, prety bad really. The Minotaurs are super-precise steering in the loose wet stuff, and traction is decent, but not for steep mudclimbs. The Minotaur is known to shine on grass as well. The sharp, almost non-wearing knobs hook up really well. For rear traction you might want a SJ, and I personally didn't like the M's on the messy rooty downhill in the course, but I never did like that one anyways, and I was one of the very few on a rigid. Rolling-resistance is very low.
I did one race last winter, with the Minotaur up front for speed, trust and weight, and a Black Sharp Mud 1.5" in the rear for brutal traction. It worked for me, hey, I won the race that way! My only 2 other wins were both on Minotaurs front and rears, borh grassrootsraces. You don't want them on anything wetter than bone-dry pavement or tarmac, but the same goes for the Black Shark Mud of course. I have yet to try the SJ out, maybe it's it's name that doesn't appeal to me. |
| Minotaur 380 or Minotaue FullKnob? (NM) | ®i© Wi©to®
Aug 12, 2002 10:12 PM | | |
| Took 12th on Stans yesterday | Fett
Aug 12, 2002 6:29 AM | | Tires were great, had some engine problems. It didn't seem to push the bike up the hills as fast as I thought it should have. |
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