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Monday, May 31, 2010
Mr. resident, tear out this grass.
Salt lake needs more clean water. As the protected watershead boundary's expand, a reliable fuzzy bike partner is banned from parts of my favorite trail.
Tuless on sale, 2.3 was my main criteria. I ended up liking em for here. a more downhill tire i looked at, would have made more sence for the 6" travel bike, but didnt want to add weight(1pd) or rolling resistance. I am slow enough uphill. big meat tires are fun. only complaint, python Knobbies dont seem to hold up as well as others and sidewall is thin, but that could be because of a rockier trail ive been riding since getting tire.
The rolling resistance seems low, and when you corner it doesnt bleed speed, but still talks to you before letting go, and holds pretty good. A pretty good tire. for around here.
the few times i have been in mud wasnt a big problem. it sheds mud. i usually slow down to 2 mph anyway so i don't get myself muddy. i think you got to match knobbie debth to loosenes. on 1/3 inch loose top layer, a small block with 1/4th inch deep knobbies is going to suck. on hardpack (no looseness) small block 8 will rock. the python knobby is a little deeper than small block so works good on hardpack even with some looseness. less knobby rubber = less miles per tire= more $/mile, I may not know what i am talking about, so grain of salt. got a 29er ht comming, where did you get your ridgid fork? how much?
I ended up getting the eXotic rigid for from Carbon Cycles (http://carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=197&). It ended up being $200 because they had some free shipping promo. They also have an eBay store. It's pretty much the same fork as the White Bros Rock Solid, but with IS instead of post mounts for the brakes. Been very pleased with it so far. It's a rougher ride than a suspension fork on a 29er, but with 29er wheels it's on par with a 26" bike with 80mm of travel. A caveat, I did splurge for some carbon bars and Ergon grips to make it feel better. Steering precision is pretty bitchin'. And it climbs soooo nice.
Also, I love python-type low rolling resistance tires. They're great around here in the dry, and they're great for racing. I'm just a little leery of the pythons because they do have weak sidewalls to shave weight for racing (thus, my surprise that you'd be running a racing tire). For your 29er I would recommend trying out either WTB Nanoraptors or Geax Saguaros as well.
This weekend converted my tires to tubless (pretty much using this method, but was able to use a floor pump anyway), and dang. Huge recommendation for the Geax Saguaro 29er in tubeless. Low rolling resistance and fast, but I'm just speechless at the crap this tire will grip. It rides up moon dust and sand like it's tarmac.
Salt lake needs more clean water. As the protected watershead boundary's expand, a reliable fuzzy bike partner is banned from parts of my favorite trail.
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Are you running pythons?
just looked, yes 2.3s tubeless.
Didn't think I'd see you on a racing tire. You must not get a whole lot of loose stuff or mud out there in SLC.
Tuless on sale, 2.3 was my main criteria. I ended up liking em for here. a more downhill tire i looked at, would have made more sence for the 6" travel bike, but didnt want to add weight(1pd) or rolling resistance. I am slow enough uphill. big meat tires are fun. only complaint, python Knobbies dont seem to hold up as well as others and sidewall is thin, but that could be because of a rockier trail ive been riding since getting tire.
The rolling resistance seems low, and when you corner it doesnt bleed speed, but still talks to you before letting go, and holds pretty good. A pretty good tire.
for around here.
the few times i have been in mud wasnt a big problem. it sheds mud. i usually slow down to 2 mph anyway so i don't get myself muddy.
i think you got to match knobbie debth to loosenes. on 1/3 inch loose top layer, a small block with 1/4th inch deep knobbies is going to suck. on hardpack (no looseness) small block 8 will rock. the python knobby is a little deeper than small block so works good on hardpack even with some looseness.
less knobby rubber = less miles per tire= more $/mile,
I may not know what i am talking about, so grain of salt.
got a 29er ht comming, where did you get your ridgid fork? how much?
I ended up getting the eXotic rigid for from Carbon Cycles (http://carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=2&c=43&p=197&). It ended up being $200 because they had some free shipping promo. They also have an eBay store. It's pretty much the same fork as the White Bros Rock Solid, but with IS instead of post mounts for the brakes. Been very pleased with it so far. It's a rougher ride than a suspension fork on a 29er, but with 29er wheels it's on par with a 26" bike with 80mm of travel. A caveat, I did splurge for some carbon bars and Ergon grips to make it feel better. Steering precision is pretty bitchin'. And it climbs soooo nice.
Also, I love python-type low rolling resistance tires. They're great around here in the dry, and they're great for racing. I'm just a little leery of the pythons because they do have weak sidewalls to shave weight for racing (thus, my surprise that you'd be running a racing tire). For your 29er I would recommend trying out either WTB Nanoraptors or Geax Saguaros as well.
you are correct about sidewall, will look at tires, debating on fork, interesting
This weekend converted my tires to tubless (pretty much using this method, but was able to use a floor pump anyway), and dang. Huge recommendation for the Geax Saguaro 29er in tubeless. Low rolling resistance and fast, but I'm just speechless at the crap this tire will grip. It rides up moon dust and sand like it's tarmac.
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