Front tyre recommendations
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Postby LuckyPierre » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:20 pm
I run Crossmarks. They roll well and I haven't really run out of grip, so I need to go faster!leximack wrote:... crossmarks front and back, mainly becuase they roll fast, they dont grip so well on quick corners but they are predictable, they dont suddenly let go and flick you off with no warning, you can tell when you've reached the limit and when its going to slide on you, more predictable sliding is better IMO then a grippier tyre that just flicks you off when its reached its limit with no warning.
My shop swapped the wheels on my bike when I got it (I wanted silver rims) and they had Kenda Kinetics (a front / rear uni-directional tyre set) on them, but I haven't ridden on them yet. They seem to be pretty light and I'd expect them to be grippier than the Crossmarks.
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Postby iqis60 » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:32 pm
What sold me on the the Maxxis Ignitors was there price and weight. Looking through the range of Maxxis tyres, the Ignitor was the lightest Tubeless tyre they offered at the time and I didn't want to convert from tubes to tubeless only to go up in weight.
The one complaint I have about the tubeless Ignitors is that they seem to develope lots of micro leaks around the tyre over time. This means the tyres stay up for the ride but are going flat by the next morning. This is annoying, as you have to run a few PSI higher than your preferred pressure to make sure you have adequate pressure for the whole ride and pumping up tyres from flat every time you want to ride sucks.
I recently tried some sealant fluid (Stans no more tubes I think) and it has pretty much eliminated that problem.
Its worth mentioning that I rarely puncture now that I ride tubeless ignitors and any punctures seem to leak at a rate low enough for me to get home anyway.
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Postby Deanj » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:00 pm
That changed again though after last weekend, I was on the starting line with Elite guys and had a look at what tyres they were running, Maxxis Crossmarks, specialized fast trak LK and kenda small block eights. I've ordered crossmarks lust front and rear and will see how I go with those, wouldn't mind trying the monorails from what I've read if things loosen up a bit.
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Postby ukalipt » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:49 pm
they also grip really well when climbing and roll great on tar.
another good feature is they don't tend to throw much debris at you off the front wheel.
at $39 for wire and $49 for folders they are excellent value
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Postby Bnej » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:06 pm
They also look a bit special, with the two tone grey/black.
Postby Hawkeye » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:01 pm
If anybody has used the Velociraptors you'll remember them: they have dramatically differing front and rear-specific tread designs.
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Postby toolonglegs » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:23 pm
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Postby Deanj » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:40 pm
After wrecking my rear tyre the weekend I bought a pair of Maxxis Monorails to try today.
Still waiting for my Crossmarks to turn up so thought I'd give these a go in the mean time.
Postby Hawkeye » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:56 pm
Yup, dem's da ones.toolonglegs wrote:these ones?...they used to be pretty popular in NZ for mud mud mud...pretty old school now.
Interesting to hear your comments about them being "old school" - quite a few of the guys who ride Manly Dam I've spoken to in the last few months reckon they tried other rubber and keep coming back to them. I figure they either don't get out much (so to speak) or it's terrain specific. There's one particularly tough short climb I can think of that might be a reason.
Nevertheless, I'm interested in your thoughts on them vs the newer highly rated rubber like the ones I mention.
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:51 am
If they are needing the back tyre for grip on the short fire trail pinch climb then they either have to much pressure in the rear or need some technique improvement.Thou I do wonder what running a 19mm rim to a 23mm rim does to the tyre profile?...
How often do you loop there JR?.
Postby Hawkeye » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:58 pm
Is that the one behind A-H Public school where you have the option of turning hard right or going straight off the 2m drop?toolonglegs wrote:they have also made that loop into such a road ride now that even thou I enjoy it there isn't any thing very techy anymore.Thou I don't do the big drop anymore I am on a hard tail!.
Quite possibly both. My biggest problem is keeping the front down over one of the waterbars about halfway up. Danged thing gets me every time.toolonglegs wrote:If they are needing the back tyre for grip on the short fire trail pinch climb then they either have to much pressure in the rear or need some technique improvement.
Considering the school is about 2 minutes ride from my place, not nearly often enough. If I'm not too shagged from the midweek commutes, recovering from a stupid injury (such as now), it's not raining, son's sport doesn't get in the way, or I'm not up the coast visiting my declining father, I occasionally get a lap in.toolonglegs wrote:How often do you loop there JR?.
Atm, that amounts to about once a month if I'm real lucky. Not exactly the kind of regime that allows you t advance your skills. There are about 4 spots that spook me that I walk.
On the plus side I get to visit my cousin when I see dad, and we go mtbing on the trails in the forest back of his place at Old Bar. I'm the fatso on the right. My cousin, also John Hawkins, turns 70 this year. He's an inspiration.
Sorry about the hijack. What were we talking about? Oh, yeah, tyres!
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:31 pm
But there is no where I walk on the loop...if you have trouble keeping your front wheel down over the water bar then you are in too low a gear ratio...try a harder gear and stand up a touch to get your weight forward just as your front wheel goes over the water bar.
If I was 2 minutes away from there I would be wearing out mtb gear way too fast!.
Let me know when you are next doing a loop and I might head over.Going to do a 5-6 lap ride in the near future to get used to being back on the mtb and to test my lower back out
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Postby Deanj » Fri May 09, 2008 5:18 pm
MTB World Cup Report wrote: The dry and fast conditions of the last two World Cup rounds also provided a perfect environment for hardpack tyres. Multivan Merida riders were suitably equipped with the Ridgeline and Monorail patterns that Maxxis introduced last year.
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Postby Bnej » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:16 pm
Because the of the UST coatings the 2.35 is actually noticeably lighter too.
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Postby Deanj » Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:20 pm
Still using the monorail on the front with a crossmark on the rear, though wouldn't mind trying the Racing Ralphs or the small block 8s when summer gets here.
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