Comments on: Top Ten Favorite 29″er Products Of ‘08: WTB Tires

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:30:58 +0000

I love the Prowler SL’s – running them front & rear since the beginning of the season. My one complaint about them: They wear crazy fast one pavement. Of course, it is sold as a race tire and does use WTB’s softer tire compound. Also, running the rear tire in reverse does offer heaps more traction. The rear is about shot after about 300 miles of on/off road use, but still does alright off-road run reverse. The Vulpine looks great for a commuter tire, but I’m worried how it will wear, given that it is also Race/DNA compound. I’d hate to use them as a commuter tire and burn them out in 200 miles on the road.

By: different Steve

different Steve — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:09:35 +0000

Yeah, I noticed a huge improvement off-road by switching my front from a Nano to a Prowler. Left the Nano in back for speed, but that Prowler transformed my bike into a rideable off-road machine.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:05:18 +0000

prphoto: I’ve been using a set of Vulpines tubeless since last March. They work great.

By: prphoto

prphoto — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:02:41 +0000

GT just wondering what your success has been running the vulpine tubeless?Or if you have tried.

By: prphoto

prphoto — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:03:33 +0000

I love my Vulpines as a commuter and hard pack tire and just slapped on a set of MotoRaptors
for the rough Bay Area winters (not!). They are the DNA compound. They seem to work well, I guess tire names change fast these days, but all in the name of progress, right?

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:02:47 +0000

The Monkey: Yeah, the Nano is a great, great tread. But we didn’t test it in ‘08.

I agree though, they should do something spectacular for the 10th anniversary. A 2.3″er Nano would do just fine.

By: The Monkey

The Monkey — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:45:49 +0000

And what about the classics? The Nanoraptor is one of the most capable and undersung tires out there. I wish they’d make it in a 2.3….

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:49:18 +0000

I’m really enjoying my Exiwolfs at the moment. I went back to an Exi at the front and Ignitor at the rear and am having a ball. Seems they really suit the terrain around my parts.

Would love to try a Prowler as my everyday tyre with maybe even a Vulpine out back but for now the Exi will do me fine…

By: ia_ss157

ia_ss157 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:20:26 +0000

Their tires also have a slightly magical ride quality to them. Something in the sidewall construction, in combination with the rubber compound makes for an awesome experience. The rebound qualities at low pressures and suppleness… ok I’ll stop now. The Stouts are awesome .So are the Weirwolfs. The Stouts make you exude confidence in every situation. As well as being probably the most comfy rigid fork front tire ever. Exis are ok, I just like something a little more agressive if I am going to have that much weight in the first place.

I would be interested to try the Prowler this coming season. I haven’t been on Ardents or Racing Ralphs yet, and they will get first dibs of new tire trys. That and the full size XDX.

Good call on the first of the top 10.