Comments on: Tire Rumor And Trends

By: GreenLightGo

GreenLightGo — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:47:43 +0000

good news on the tire front – hopefully these will prove as light as the projections and convince more well known racers to give them a shot.

I also hope that people understand the ‘intent’ of these lightweight tires and don’t complain incessantly that they aren’t as durable as the heavier tires (ala the current brew-ha-ha over the Racing Ralphs on MTBR).

By: Davidcopperfield

Davidcopperfield — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:58:23 +0000

@ racerX I am making an assumption that you own an old geometry Rig before G2 when the offset is changed. The thing to consider for you would to take a spin on G2 and other 29ers with equal or more than 44mm offseted fork installed.
Reba up to 2008 has 38mm of offset whereas all other forks have 44,48mm offset, which make a huge difference in handling, GF invented g2 forks with 51mm which resembles the steerability of 26ers at least in trail department, which is 71,9mm for Hi-fis 29ers.

Feel free to explore my website http://29er.pl

By: racerX

racerX — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:22:27 +0000

I’m a biker from Poland and I’ve been riding mountain bikes since early 90’s. I also own a GF Rig 29er. In my opinion the 29er is a great bike but not really competitive with 26er bikes. 29er is comfortable and fits me well, but it fells like driving a truck rather than a sports car. The weight of the wheels is really crucial. To solve the problem I replaced heavy bontrager tires and tubes. Instead I have Maxxis Ultralight 26er tubes and Racing Ralph tires. What a difference! Anyway the whole philosophy about the 29er is still more or less experimental in Europe. If I compete and want to win races I won’t do any experiments with the equipment. I don’t think the 29ers will ever be as popular and race proven as 26ers but it’s ok for me.

By: Cloxki

Cloxki — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:02:39 +0000

Schwalbe in that link dares say 340g. If they make it like the 295g one, just 9.4% “longer”, that would be indeed possible. The bead adds 11%, and they may reinforce it for 29″ like Stan does, to keep it more tighyly on rims.

I one day raced Conti Twister Supersonics (~330 each) with light tubes. I flatted out of that race despite sealent, and then never got the tire mounted straight again. But what a rush, the low rolling resistance, and that feeling of light weight. It didn’t give me a fraction of the speed it seemed to bring, but it made me fast alright.
That weight, with a better casing and compound, upgraded to 29″…criminally quick that must be.
The very fastest 26″ race tire, but faster, more comfortable, and more grip. Nah, nothing I’d want

By: Davidcopperfield

Davidcopperfield — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:36:13 +0000

@ Kralyk do you want to help me to run a website about 29ers? Look north to your slavic kith
29ers are more numerous in CZ than in PL
The double or tirple USA price really kill us. Imagine a hi-fi pro 29er for 5776 $ instead of 3000 $?