Comments on: Geax Saguaro 29″er “TnT” Tire Confirmed

By: Oderus

Oderus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:41:30 +0000

Geax is smart in that there entire 26″ mountain line is available wire bead, folding, TNT and UST. The folding and TNT are both sold at the same MSRP! If they get the weight down just a touch, I agree that the folding offerings will slowly disappear in favor of tubeless ready.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:32:04 +0000

Oderus: I have a feeling you are correct. I see the “tubeless ready” concept as the reason for the seeming delay in new tires not only from Geax, but from several other manufacturers as well. It just doesn’t make sense to introduce a folding bead tire anymore. It has to be a tubeless ready product, and this also eliminates the need for a separate UST type carcass that holds air without sealant. One new tire model that can be used tubed or tubeless.

Once the manufacturing processes catch up, I think we’ll be seeing a lot more tires from Geax and a few others as well.

By: Oderus

Oderus — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:15:23 +0000

My understanding is that more 29er tires are coming from them…probably in 09. This year they really went after the TNT and White series for innovations. I rock the Lobo Loco TNT on my EX9 and they are awesome. Lighter than UST and they do the exact same thing. I would be willing to bet you something along the lines of the Mezcal or Barro hit the 29er market next year.

By: Cloxxki

Cloxxki — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:10:21 +0000

So, they’re not ready to invest further into 29″ (tire molds?)

By: Cloxxki

Cloxxki — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:09:14 +0000

So, they’re not ready to invest in further 29″ tires (milds)?

By: Desert9r

Desert9r — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:52:38 +0000

Dang, I thought Geax was coming out with a knobby.