Sadly I still have a Nobby Nic at the back, but as soon as that's done I'm gonna go for something that's a bit tougher. I'm actually wondering whether a X-King won't be good enough for real wheel purposes? Have them on my Zula for the XC stuff, and jeepers they can take a lot of abuse.
I had such a close call in Jonkers when the front Nobby Nic folded while I was going around a switchback at speed. You just don't need that sh*t in your life! So ja, I'm back to HR's. You can run them as flat as you like and no problems folding.
Jip. Have the 2.35 on the front. Great grip and rolls well for the amount of grip provided. Went to Nobby Nic's for all of two rides and just missed the High Rollers too much, so went back to them. Aaaaaah.
Stick to what you're used to. If you've already done stage races on a hardtail and you managed fine, then why would want to change anything now? And the same applies to anything else, tires, nutrition etc etc etc
I agree 100%. Got XX1 on my Tracer and really blown away by it. Buuuuuut....not sure whether I'd be able to finish a long stage race (e.g. Epic) with it. I think I will run out of steam/legs/talent.
Jip. I agree with the Rouxtjie. Rather keep the rebound quicker. Mine is 3 or 4 clicks from fastest rebound. But you gonna have to play with it unfortunately. Find a nice piece of technical singletrack and ride it over and over, while every time changing the rebound speed. You will very soon find your own sweetspot.
Go XT. Much better feel and modulation. Somehow Avid's brakes only has an on and off setting and nothing inbetween. So either you crash because there's no brakes, or you crash due to an unplanned nose wheelie. Anyway, that's been my experience so far.
