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Hopefully take the bike for a shake down ride on Sunday
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Gravel roads and hard pack feel like ****
feels like the tire is sliding all over the place BUT IT"S NOT
it's just that the knobs are so squishy and they make the back end feel loose
Hard to get used to it. Soon as you get on to singletrack the feeling goes away
traction was good all day
feels like the tire is sliding all over the place BUT IT"S NOT
it's just that the knobs are so squishy and they make the back end feel loose
Hard to get used to it. Soon as you get on to singletrack the feeling goes away
traction was good all day
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Some people like trials tires
I found out today....
I"M NOT ONE OF THEM!!
I found out today....
I"M NOT ONE OF THEM!!
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OK. How come?
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Different riding area, all hardpack clay and decomposed granite with loose sand and gravel
Started out at 10psi, every time I'd start to get on the pipe the ass end would want to swap out with the front
So I tried 8psi, it got worse
So them I went to 13psi, maybe a little better but I could not trust it.
About the time you thought everything was ok the muther fugger would pitch sideways
I rode a bunch of trails and as long as you were lugging along it worked pretty good. But as soon as you put any kinda power to it it'd kick out or throw my ass to the ground
I wrecked 3 fugging times, HARD. Good thing I wear all the gear
Just for the $#@& of it I tried 5psi. On the gravel road I was running it felt pretty good. So then I tried some singletrack. It was mostly just a one lane rut about 10" across and 4" deep. It sucked, I didn't even make it up the easy parts. Felt just like riding on a flat tire and any time I tried giving any gas it would pitch me sideways
One of the worst rides I ever went on
Tire's coming off tomorrow
I think the sidewalls are just too soft for a 295lb rider
Started out at 10psi, every time I'd start to get on the pipe the ass end would want to swap out with the front
So I tried 8psi, it got worse
So them I went to 13psi, maybe a little better but I could not trust it.
About the time you thought everything was ok the muther fugger would pitch sideways
I rode a bunch of trails and as long as you were lugging along it worked pretty good. But as soon as you put any kinda power to it it'd kick out or throw my ass to the ground
I wrecked 3 fugging times, HARD. Good thing I wear all the gear
Just for the $#@& of it I tried 5psi. On the gravel road I was running it felt pretty good. So then I tried some singletrack. It was mostly just a one lane rut about 10" across and 4" deep. It sucked, I didn't even make it up the easy parts. Felt just like riding on a flat tire and any time I tried giving any gas it would pitch me sideways
One of the worst rides I ever went on
Tire's coming off tomorrow
I think the sidewalls are just too soft for a 295lb rider
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It felt pretty good the other day at 70*
Today was mid 90's
It was just like a piece of bubble gum on hot asphalt
Today was mid 90's
It was just like a piece of bubble gum on hot asphalt
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Maybe one of the MT43's would work better for you? It supposedly has a stiffer sidewall than other TT's.
Eh, I know trials tires are all the rage amongst singletrackers but I have yet to have a situation where a traditional knobby failed to get the job done. I will be sticking with I know works for me.
Eh, I know trials tires are all the rage amongst singletrackers but I have yet to have a situation where a traditional knobby failed to get the job done. I will be sticking with I know works for me.
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Shinko make a great "big dualsport tire"
It's what I run on the Vstrom. Best tire I've ever run on it in 89,500 miles
It's what I run on the Vstrom. Best tire I've ever run on it in 89,500 miles
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Here you go
Started to pitch me into the weeds and when I killed the motor I think the knobs being so soft just would not hold on the high side of the rut. Either that or the tire just folded over on itself
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Started to pitch me into the weeds and when I killed the motor I think the knobs being so soft just would not hold on the high side of the rut. Either that or the tire just folded over on itself
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I felt like The Winnebago Man
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Gonna go try this Bridgerock I bought off of a motocrosser for $5
Knobbs are rounded but the mold release is still on the sidewalls
Knobbs are rounded but the mold release is still on the sidewalls
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No thanks
I like knobbies
I like knobbies
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I have three bikes with trials tires and only one of them is a trials bike. I like them, but that don't mean you will. I like knobbies just as much as trials tires, but in these rocks around here they don't last. The TT last at least twice maybe three times as long. The do hook-up better than the knobby on most terrain, but that can come with a side effect elsewhere.
To each his own! A lot of the stuff I run equipment wise, I know that there are things that may be better. I keep running what I have been using for years because I'm comfortable with it. Why else would we all be riding KDX's.
I would like to see a review of the SHINKO 255 on a 2.15 rim. My experience is the same as Wibs and I wonder if the narrower rim doesn't change the profile to much. Just a thought.
To each his own! A lot of the stuff I run equipment wise, I know that there are things that may be better. I keep running what I have been using for years because I'm comfortable with it. Why else would we all be riding KDX's.
I would like to see a review of the SHINKO 255 on a 2.15 rim. My experience is the same as Wibs and I wonder if the narrower rim doesn't change the profile to much. Just a thought.
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This is how far I got with the trials tire
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I reach that rut at about 4:30
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I reach that rut at about 4:30
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