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Alraaaight a seriaas question...

I got some of those Maxxis Ikon 3C EXO evo ABCdefg....tyres on my dikwiel

& they seem to be a bit unstable (like me) when cornering.

The front seems to want to wash out way too easily, even on girly corners???

I have tried different pressures & played with all the different positions

upright, leaning in, weight over bars etc etc but no dice.

I thought it was all in my head till a buddy of mine rode a bike exactly like mine

with exactly the same tyres & he ate it on bend in front of me.

Anyone on the same rubber who can shed some light?

 

I have them on my 29r SS and have had no issues yet, maybe I'm just not 'pushing' them as hard as you blokes .........

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Ikon came stock on my bike i felt that they were actually quite good cornering compared to most of the other brands out there just not a wet weather tyre.

How much you weigh and what pressure you running them?

 

How can you ask a fat oke that question :huh:

just now i develop a duplex??? :whistling:

 

Jokes aside.. I weigh 93 & run the tyres around 2 - 2.2 bar. Like I said I've played with pressures

but still not working lekka. My mate that fell was b!tchin' about them on the bike he rode as well,

I used to corner like a Moto Gp rider on acid with the Geax Sagauro's but have no confidence on the Ikons

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How does the valve work in tubeless tires? Cos mines leaking air and I want to fix it myself...

 

Not out the top, At the valve-rim junction...

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How does the valve work in tubeless tires? Cos mines leaking air and I want to fix it myself...

 

Not out the top, At the valve-rim junction...

 

Try a bit of silicon between the valve and the rim tape.

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Try a bit of silicon between the valve and the rim tape.

 

So i have to take the tire off and then re-seal it?

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Around the same time Pa fell off the bus :whistling:

Odd but this is the 1st pair iv'e bought like that, the others have the nut that you can screw :unsure: (sounds a bit rude that :blush: )

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Odd but this is the 1st pair iv'e bought like that, the others have the nut that you can screw :unsure: (sounds a bit rude that :blush: )

 

All the 'lower' level 520's I have bought have the 'spanner' fitting but the 540's and XT's I have are the allen key only ....

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All the 'lower' level 520's I have bought have the 'spanner' fitting but the 540's and XT's I have are the allen key only ....

Ta, they are 540's, not bling enough for XT's yet.

 

I learned something :clap:

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Can you put stans sealant into a tube?

nah too much schlep, just buy the toobs with slime in them already

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Can you put stans sealant into a tube?

I did it before i went tubeless way back

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There is a bunch of vids on Youtube if i think regarding slime in tubes

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Honestly not worth the effort to put slime in a presta valve tube. Pain in the ass duluxe.

 

Buy the tubes with slime already in them.

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I would also buy conti tubes with the removable valve core. Made life easier. But now... Tubes? What's that?

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