Comments on: Tire Rumors

By: Pistoles_ultimos

Pistoles_ultimos — Sun, 20 May 2007 05:38:21 +0000

To Sevo’s first post, I must say; It’s an uncany repeat to the coments in ‘94 re: long travel suspention mountainbikes…

By: drool

drool — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:54:36 +0000

Still waiting for a kevlar belted or some other aramid armored tire to come out for 29ers. I have the Specialized ones on my 26 and love them. I have 700c Schwalbe expedition tires for my 29er (mounted on other set of rims) for pavement /hard pack but want some armored knobbies.

By: arrogant bastard

arrogant bastard — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:35:14 +0000

I have fond memories of the double fighter. SO FAST!
The pro 1’s and 2’s were great for Maine mud too. (dating myself)

By: SlowerThenSnot

SlowerThenSnot — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:12:38 +0000

I really do like a few of there tires alot….. It well be interesting

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:14:09 +0000

Dave N: I have a “mole” headed over the pond to ferret out some solid info on this Conti rumor. If he proves worthy, we shall know more by the end of the month!

By: SlowerThenSnot

SlowerThenSnot — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:11:31 +0000

The conti rep here in Denver went to conti’s factory and was told they aren’t doing anything 29er?

Maybe they are keeping it under wraps?

By: sslos

sslos — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:05:36 +0000

Having raced DH for a few years in the Rockies, I think a 29″ DH bike would do really well on a lot of courses, just not ALL of them.
And Cloxxki’s right- wider hub spacing makes a big strength difference with minimal weight penalty. Of course, this is from a guy whose national DH championship is held on a wheelchair ramp…

Los

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:14:46 +0000

………and I might add that 29″er DH rigs already exist, and have been doing well in competition, even with the Exi Wolf being used as a tire, which is completely out of it’s league here.

Once a truly tough, burly 29″er tire arrives, I think that alot of barriers are going to fall. That said, I do not expect 26 inch DH tires and rigs to disappear any time soon. I have the belief that the 26″er will still reign as king in DH, but you will see 29″er DH rigs, and they will win here and there.

That’s my take….

By: Cloxxki

Cloxxki — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:49:11 +0000

24″ rather than 26″ DH wheels were not lighter to be worth their weight loss in strength. The other way around, hardly any weight is needed to build extra strength. To keep things proportionate, wider hubs will be required for sure. They allow for a reasonable amount of spokes to keep the rim firmly in place. 29″ DH (I like to call it 30″ dus to 25″ across rims and 2.5″+ tires), I expect will make 26″ redundants. The roll-over effect is huge in DH. The riders and man (or woman) enough to handle a bit heavier wheels. and at higher speeds with less suspension travel.

For “winter” use, I keep dreaming of a Surly Endomorph in 700c x 3.0″. Now THAT will roll! Weight around 1100g. Huge float AND speed.

By: Matty

Matty — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:57:54 +0000

Imagine the bottom bracket height on a 8″ travel 29er. it would be like riding a bone shaker you would be so high of the ground