|   tires | OrBust
Dec 16, 2001 6:14 PM | | Curious on what peoples takes on tires are.....Ive heard good things about the michelene hot s front tire...and everybody and their mom has a different opinion on the rear tires. What do you guys suggest? Oh yeah, hey redger....you said you like the planet X sticky pads, but Ive heard soo many people that hate them.....not that I dont trust you, but whats up with that? Thanxs |
| re: tires | Optikal
Dec 16, 2001 6:21 PM | | I use a Rokko rear tire. As far as I can tell its a west coast of Canada only tire, no one outside of this area has ever heard of them. Its 2.4" wide, has big traction / braking blocks, and a fiber-ceramic sidewall. I don't really know what that is, but its pretty light, and doesn't pinchflat very easily.
On the front I have a Kenda / Norco Factory Trials Team tire. Its a 2.3" which is pretty wide for trials, but since I'm comming from a freeride background I kinda like it. The wider tire is also nice for the more 'street' oriented moves. |
| re: tires | Fabulous
Dec 16, 2001 8:48 PM | | For urban trials, I've tried several front tires and my favorite by far is the Hutchinson Python air light. Its grip is really impressive. It's really light, fairly wide, and has a big air volume so you don't have to run a lot of pressure. In the back I like the El Gato for its weight, but I've recently switched to an Intense Blurr 2.4 50 durometer, which weighs almost a pound more, but I can run it at 20 PSI without pinching. Amazing grip on concrete, and great shock absorption, but surprisingly it's exactly the same width as the El Gato, which is supposed to be a 2.25. Go figure. |
| re: tires | Tomtommot
Dec 17, 2001 1:31 PM | | ive got el gato on the back, pretty good, but kujos are better.
front ive got a panaracer fire xc pro, very good, light, grippy tyre
as for the pads, i found them to be really bad - not even as good as red ones. they dont last long, and they just dont hold.
ive heard mixed reports too, but definitely by my experience i wudnt get any more.
unless i got a bad set from a bad batch or something, they arent worth the money. |
| re: tires | AndyT
Dec 17, 2001 4:37 PM | | For the front tire I have been running the super light geax sedona which has been good- the sidewalls are fairly thin but they are made out of some special compound which grips quite well when inflated a bunch. For the rear nothing beats a Tioga factory DH 2.3- super grippy and great at low pressures (just wraps around edges and slants). It is a little heavy (~850 grams) but its definetly worth it. I've run the el gato also and I don't like it quite as much as the tioga. I'm about to put a hot S on the front of my bike when it gets here from colorado...just a matter of time :) |
| So whats special about the hot S?? | OrBust
Dec 17, 2001 6:01 PM | | Ive heard alot of guys saying the hot S is a great tire....what exactly makes it so special. Is it because it grips so well?? Ive seen other tires that are quite a bit lighter, I think the hot s is around 600 or so?? And how about running a Geax sodona 2.25 in the rear?? Ive heard some good things about that too. I have a tioga 2.3 out back now, its pretty worn down...but I really wanna run something lighter then 850 grams. |
| So whats special about the hot S?? | AndyT
Dec 18, 2001 6:09 PM | | The hot S is very grippy and nice for natural terrain...funny you should ask about the sedona 2.25- I had been running this for about 8 months on my rear and loved it. It is a great tire for urban and for people around the sport level. You have to have it pumped up quite a bit because it has thin sidewalls but it still grips well at high pressure- I switched to the tioga and noticed a world of difference but that is just because hwen I used the geax I would usualy ride on flat objects most of the time. Now that I have progressed a bit I need that extra wrapping around power that the tioga has- it is about 200 grams heavier than the geax (sedona is real light!). Any more questions ask away! |
| re: tires | Regder
Dec 20, 2001 9:06 PM | | I personally like Kujo's, everyone has their own preferences, find what works for you. Regarding the pads, I stated in the past that I liked them and I still do. Just keep the rim clean and the pads will work beautifully. Under regular urban conditions I have to give them a cleaning every hour or so, not too bad. They have also shown almost no wear in the few months that I have been riding them. I suspect that those with a negative opinion of them didn't clean the rim or had a bad setup. They work for me and that's all that I can say. Make up your own decision, don't rely on others |
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