Isuzu 3 Towers stage race - Advice needed

[Swift01]

^{I rode the Dec holidays with RR snakeskins and not one priblem. Seemed to work well there, but i would not use those thinner RR tires. In stage racing it is always to rather use fairly strong tires. Nothing like cuts on your tires 3 days in a row.....}

[Mr SingleTrack]

If you did the S2C on them then you can do 3T on them .

S2C is like riding on tar though

[rouxtjie]

I run G on the front, but its a heavy tyre...

True but also used in World War 2 on german tiger tanks....cannot break. Since then I have moved to ralphs...saved like 500g by changing tyres

[rouxtjie]

S2C is like riding on tar though

Mankele is also fairly smooth hey. Day 3 on the last section(sudwala switchbacks) it gets a lit rougher, but I would worry more about my brakes there than tyres. You can smell the brakes burning all the way coming down...love it

[Guest]

True but also used in World War 2 on german tiger tanks....cannot break. Since then I have moved to ralphs...saved like 500g by changing tyres

 

Yep - must admit, that tyre is like concrete, heavy but strong. And the grip isn't bad either

[Iron]

it's still a long way out but we should organise a group ride before the event for a meet and greet. We can do an easy ride for guys to do a final gear test or something. I for one would like to meet some of the hubbers that are going

 

We can make a time on the thursday afternoon , meet at the gate and go for a cruize up the road , im in.

[dirtrider]

I must have missed something . Have done all the 3T races and all the S2C adventure races and I cannot really agree .The 3T is definitly tougher but thats it . What will work at S2C will work at 3T .

[Mr SingleTrack]

Cool, RR ss it is then

thx for the advice all. Knowing what terrain to expect makes tyre choices much easier

[Guest]

next question, 29er or 26er? **ducks for flying objects**

[rouxtjie]

Yep - must admit, that tyre is like concrete, heavy but strong. And the grip isn't bad either

yea...they are perfect for mankele though imo. Maybe save some weight by going ralphs...Day 2's climb is a blixem...it felt longer than sani day 2's climb imo

[rouxtjie]

I must have missed something . Have done all the 3T races and all the S2C adventure races and I cannot really agree .The 3T is definitly tougher but thats it . What will work at S2C will work at 3T .

I concur rider is right...don't go changing anything for the towers.

[Mr SingleTrack]

We can make a time on the thursday afternoon , meet at the gate and go for a cruize up the road , im in.

sounds good to me

[Guest]

Got the Saug on the front and RR on rear (not SS)

[rouxtjie]

Cool, RR ss it is then

thx for the advice all. Knowing what terrain to expect makes tyre choices much easier

The most awesome bush tunnels in the world...ever. end van prent. You will catch yourself screaming whooooooo more than once.

[rouxtjie]

Got the Saug on the front and RR on rear (not SS)

eish problem............Change it now to ss version. I wouldnt even do tar roads without snakeskins

[Mr SingleTrack]

next question, 29er or 26er? **ducks for flying objects**

hahaha!

FFS, if i have to read another 29er vs 26er vs 27.5 vs my mothers car thread! These threads should be banned from the hub