29 er UST Tires

[Newboy]

Where can I buy 29er tires? Which tires do you guys recommend. Ride mostly up here in GP on hard pack.

[buckshot]

I just got some Specialized FastTrak LT (Low Knob) 29x2' tyres. Only ridden them a couple times in the dry, but they feel fast with good traction. Cornering feels great as loss of traction is controlled.

I would rate them on the smaller side of 2' - not a very wide tyre. Would be a good for hardpack tho.

 

I bought the standard foldable (not the '2bliss') and plan to convert with Stans shortly.

 

[TitusTi]

Been using the Spesh tyres for a while now as well, they are awesome, you get the standard fast trak's, the fast trak LK's and the Captain's, all are good.

Bontrager make a few, the Dry X works really well (designed for dry conditions as the name says), the Jones XR are also quite nice, don't use the ACX's.

Kenda bring in the Small Block Eight a dry hard pack specific tyre.

Am also using the WTB ExiWolf 2.3 on the front at the moment, it works pretty damn well! Lots of cornering traction, great for general purpose riding.

[buckshot]

Ti - are the Exiwolf's available locally?

I used the 2' version in silly 26' format - good tyre tho.

 

[TitusTi]

Yeah, got mine from Bowmans. I like the tyre, a little slow for racing but I'm not really racing at the moment so it stays on the front. Works pretty well.