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« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2011, 09:11:26 AM » |
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Just put on a minion super tacky 2.35 on the front. Have run a minion 60a 2.35 and XR4 during the summer. Prefer the minions to high rollers as I tend to find the latter break away before gripping up again. Super tacky seemed fine on the usual Dartmoor trails aka wet granite. Time will tell if they are the right tyre.
Put a 2.1 high roller (60a) on the rear but may swap this out again for the minion 60a. Not
least because I had my first pinch flat for a dogs age, having run 2.35 all year and moved over to tubeless until I couldn't get the super tacky or 2.1 HR mounted.
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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2011, 06:37:32 PM » |
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For anything other than wet muddy riding I love Rubber Queens.
However, at a gloopy slimey damp Aston HIll they were useless last week. I had two tyres made of mud with no grips showing through.
Slip sliding away
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« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2011, 07:00:26 PM » |
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I've just got a pair of folding Ardent 2.25's.. 640g each.
I'll see how I get on with those, if not.. I still have some Minions..
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« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2011, 07:44:52 PM » |
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Have to say here that I feel Ardent's are not the best rolling tyres at all. Don't know is it just on me but just can't get good speed/control with them.
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« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2011, 10:55:27 PM » |
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I have actually been using the FR4 not XR4. I'm more than happy with the it. Got it for a week in the sierra nevada (spain) as it is 2ply. Stood up to all that I dished out. Running it tubeless it did not miss a beat.
It feels pretty soft and grippy but it does not grip quite so well as the minion super tacky on wet rock. To be honest I was expecting to rip the knobs of it because it was so soft. However, after the week in spain it looked almost new. I then used for a while on my usual rides but took it off for the winter to save a little weight and to get something a bit grippier.
NB the bontrager money back guarantee (not tested) sounds good.
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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2011, 03:28:41 PM » |
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Jimbo
I have actually been using the FR4 not XR4. I'm more than happy with the it. Got it for a week in the sierra nevada (spain) as it is 2ply. Stood up to all that I dished out. Running it tubeless it did not miss a beat.
It feels pretty soft and grippy but it does not grip quite so well as the minion super tacky on wet rock. To be honest I was expecting to rip the knobs of it because it was so soft. However, after the week in spain it looked almost new. I then used for a while on my usual rides but took it off for the winter to save a little weight and to get something a bit grippier.
NB the bontrager money back guarantee (not tested) sounds good.
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« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2011, 01:13:49 AM » |
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I am so looking forward to you scrabbling up them hills at the weekend in a pair of Ardents...  |
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« Reply #22 on: November 24, 2011, 12:14:04 PM » |
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I am so looking forward to you scrabbling up them hills at the weekend in a pair of Ardents... I'll keep you even more amused if I bring the HT then.. Those tyres are really slippery !! |
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« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2011, 01:34:46 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2011, 05:39:55 PM » |
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« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2011, 06:41:52 PM » |
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Excellent. Good to get a little pre-season ski practice in.  |
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« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2012, 02:39:02 AM » |
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Cheap and cheerful WTB Dissent DH 2.5 - worth a go and theyre folding so a good spare
Not bad for DH mud or rock - best in dry
Mate has highrollers on his Norco, and he said the snow was the only time he's felt any grip for DH so far ,, but we've mainly been using wet forest dh tracks
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