What Rear Tyre for AM Bike?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Actually, I've been seriously considering the rock razor! What's your opinion of its performance in Cape Town's wet winters and also in dry loose terrain?

 

Read this review on CRC:

 

"This tyre is fantastic in the right conditions but not so good in others so it is a specialist tyre in my opinion. It works well on smooth, tightly packed soils where it is able to bite into the trail, it is very poor on loose sandy and gravelly trails because there is insufficient tread for traction."

One word. Fantastic.

 

Only place I find it lacking is on wet technical climbs where you may find a wet root and not have enough grip to get up (which is really a technique thing) or straight line braking.

 

Because of those magic Mary side knobs, when you lean them over the grip like shaite to a blanket. And theyre remarkably fast rolling.

 

I like them. A lot.

[s14phoenix]

I am using the WTB trailboss 2.25 with the Tough casing. Bloody bugger to seat - other tyres would seat with my floor pump. Think the casing is so rigid that it does not want to pop out to seat without bombing it and it is heavy as hell

 

So I bomb it to just seat then swop to the floor pump.

 

The light casing Vigilante I have upfront seats easy enough.

 

Oh and WTB tyres do no sweat, seep, leak.

[DemitriN]

I am using the WTB trailboss 2.25 with the Tough casing. Bloody bugger to seat - other tyres would seat with my floor pump. Think the casing is so rigid that it does not want to pop out to seat without bombing it and it is heavy as hell

 

So I bomb it to just seat then swop to the floor pump.

 

The light casing Vigilante I have upfront seats easy enough.

 

Oh and WTB tyres do no sweat, seep, leak.

Thanks for that feedback. I use tubes on my trail bike (old schooler) & I'm not into fighting with a tyre that won't let go of the rim!!!

[banna]

Has anyone tried a Maxxis Ardent as a rear tyre for AM purposes?

[RockCoach]

Tyre fitment is dependant on whether your rims are proper tubeless or just tubeless ready because rim sidewall height is higher on tubeless ready rims in order to limit burping...

 

WTB FTW