amoryns Posted June 4, 2013 Share Anyone have some input as to what the equivalent tubeless 29" tyre would be for a 26" conti mountain king and race king. The 29" versions are not tubeless and I need a tyre which will have the same characteristics as the 26" conti's I am currently riding on S-Works Fast Trak. it has no traction at all and the sidewalls are also leaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M L Posted June 4, 2013 Share Mountain king - Specialized purgatory/ground control or schwable racing ralph Raceking - maxxis ikon or aspen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M L Posted June 4, 2013 Share Only ones I could think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolipoli Posted June 4, 2013 Share I was running a 26" Mountain King / X King combo, and have now switched to a 29er with Nobby Nics Front and Rear. Initial indications are very impressive. Excellent grip levels and rolling resistance seems to be pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoryns Posted June 4, 2013 Share how are the sidewalls on those? schwalbe's....mmmm I tend to stay away from them because of the thin sidewalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoryns Posted June 4, 2013 Share I was running a 26" Mountain King / X King combo, and have now switched to a 29er with Nobby Nics Front and Rear. Initial indications are very impressive. Excellent grip levels and rolling resistance seems to be pretty good. Edited June 4, 2013 by amoryns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoryns Posted June 4, 2013 Share see the guys are running purgatory in front and ground control at the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo Posted June 4, 2013 Share As far as I know only some of the Maxxis (Crossmark, Ardent) and some Spez (The Captian and Fast Trak) have UST versions. The rest are all tubeless ready like the Conti's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannosmit Posted June 4, 2013 Share see the guys are running purgatory in front and ground control at the back Or Ground Control Front 2.3Back 2.1 Really a good tyre, I'm running a 2.1 front and an Ikon at the back, but thats on a xc hardtail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannosmit Posted June 4, 2013 Share When getting Specialized tyres get the "Control" and not the S-Works version. akneethling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoryns Posted June 4, 2013 Share awesome, thanks for the input so cant i just stay with conti's and ask for it to be converted for tubeless? or will i have too many problems with sidewalls leaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolipoli Posted June 4, 2013 Share I have heard a lot of bad things from guys trying to run Conti Protection tyres as tubeless. I would only use UST ones. The Nobby Nics are classed as an all-mountain tyre so maybe they have slightly thicker sidewalls. Only time will tell if they are up to the job.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted June 4, 2013 Share Ive had absolutely zero issues with my Conti MK2 and RK Protection combo on my clown bike.Been running then tubeless after the Maxxis Ikons and no issues anywhere. The Ikons on the other hand is a story that I can summarise in 3 words - they were *** They rolled very nice on hardpack and were light, much more than that I have my opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bike Posted June 4, 2013 Share Anyone have some input as to what the equivalent tubeless 29" tyre would be for a 26" conti mountain king and race king. The 29" versions are not tubeless and I need a tyre which will have the same characteristics as the 26" conti's I am currently riding on S-Works Fast Trak. it has no traction at all and the sidewalls are also leaking you can get the protection ones..almost same thing..run them on my 29er no probs, like Sean above ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Route62mtb Posted June 7, 2013 Share Anyone have some input as to what the equivalent tubeless 29" tyre would be for a 26" conti mountain king and race king. The 29" versions are not tubeless and I need a tyre which will have the same characteristics as the 26" conti's I am currently riding on S-Works Fast Trak. it has no traction at all and the sidewalls are also leaking I have the same with my S-Works Fast Trak leaking sidewalls .... did one event with them and nee to replace. I hear good things about the Ground control but not sure. I would like to stay with Specialized tires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted June 7, 2013 Share I was running a 26" Mountain King / X King combo, and have now switched to a 29er with Nobby Nics Front and Rear. Initial indications are very impressive. Excellent grip levels and rolling resistance seems to be pretty good.Rocket Ron/ Racing Ralph would be similar to your Mountain King/ X King combo. Never had any issues with my Schwalbes. I run the above combo on all my bikes. Edited June 7, 2013 by Ryanpmb rouxtjie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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