Winter tyres

[Reme Le Hane]

So after Saturdays slip slide down the mountain it's time to consider the tyre swap, as much as I like me recon it's not gonna hold anything on a wet trail.

 

Now I do still have the original forekaster that I can slap back on the back, but also wondering what else is out there that's good.

 

Lbs said a forekaster rear with a dhf 2.5 front is a good combo although while not often I do use the roads as a shortcut to some trails and I also do quite a bit of XC ridding so while Dh and St i can see that probably being an asset, I don't feel like swapping tyres between rides if that combo is not a great choice.

 

Obviously my cost free option is to run dual forekaster which worked last year.

 

What would you guys run if u were me?

[BaGearA]

Dual forekaster and i wouldn't change tyres now cause our winter and summer conditions are very similar to each other bar some more dust in winter 

[Reme Le Hane]

Dual forekaster and i wouldn't change tyres now cause our winter and summer conditions are very similar to each other bar some more dust in winter

It's still warm enough to keep it as it, probably still a month or 2 before it gets wet enough to turn my fav trails into slides.

 

Changing tyres is a las, it's the thing I like doing the least on my bike so depending on the weather I may never do it. [emoji23]

 

Although for next season I do wanna give a bash on those Vittoria tyres, that Cape cobra I think it was looked pretty nice and been hearing good things about the brand.

[BaGearA]

Does it really rain that much I. The cape?

[Grease_Monkey]

Does it really rain that much I. The cape?

Yup, dry summer, wet winters. Very different conditions. And it the clay surfaces turn into slippery snot in winter - obviously depending on where you ride.

 

That said I don't change my tyres for summer and winter. Just run Agressor/DHF year round.

[Reme Le Hane]

Does it really rain that much I. The cape?

Last few years not so much, but if we end up with a proper Cape winter you can look at 7 to 10 days of literally non stop rain. Has not happened for a few years.

 

My back yard is grass over some soil or whatever and then clay, 2 days of and I have a free swimming pool.

 

It would take days to dry out some of the trails if we hit that, but even a few hours of rain can make some of the downhills a little slippy, especially on the turns.

[ChrisF]

Does it really rain that much I. The cape?

 

we can only WISH ....    

 

 

Our trails vary DRASTICALLY.  Some are a nice hard compact surface when dry, and becomes slippery as snot when wet without much "mud".  Hazendal had the worst "clay" that would just roll up with your tire and your whole bike was one lump of clay in no time at all (not sure if they resolved that with their new layout)  And then a couple of more traditional "muddy" trails when  wet.

 

Most important is the trail design.  Those that were designed with decent run off copes well with "decent rain".  Going to be interesting to see how it stands up to a proper wet winter ... when we do get one again ....

[Reme Le Hane]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/index.php?/topic/93073-Where-has-your-bike-taken-you-today?&do=findComment&comment=3491352

 

Check that post, we had about 20mm of rain the night before and it had been raining, not too hard for about 20mkn before I took that trail pic.

 

Then take note of just how useful the mud guard must have been to be covered in mud on both sides...

[PhilipV]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/index.php?/topic/93073-Where-has-your-bike-taken-you-today?&do=findComment&comment=3491352

 

Check that post, we had about 20mm of rain the night before and it had been raining, not too hard for about 20mkn before I took that trail pic.

 

Then take note of just how useful the mud guard must have been to be covered in mud on both sides...

Do you still have the hardtail? If so, save yourself a lot of maintenance money and set that up for a winter bike. Put the Grippy tyres on that and ride it when it's slippery. I go so far as to take off the gears on my hardtail and tide mostly singlespeed through winter.

 

And pick your rides well.

Helderberg takes about a day of sunshine to be lekker again, wannabees mostly drain well, stellies drain well except for Jonkers.

Oak Valley closes after rain, but Lebanon is at its best right after rain.

[coppi]

put on winter chains over the tyres................

[Reme Le Hane]

Do you still have the hardtail? If so, save yourself a lot of maintenance money and set that up for a winter bike. Put the Grippy tyres on that and ride it when it's slippery. I go so far as to take off the gears on my hardtail and tide mostly singlespeed through winter.

 

And pick your rides well.

Helderberg takes about a day of sunshine to be lekker again, wannabees mostly drain well, stellies drain well except for Jonkers.

Oak Valley closes after rain, but Lebanon is at its best right after rain.

Nah, I had planned on unlisting it and turning into a gravel/commuter but then out of the blue someone wanted it so I let it go.

 

On the plus side it paid for quite a few upgrades. [emoji23]

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I'm gonna say it. 

 

Front: 

 

DHF / Asseguy / Aggressor 2.5 / Mary / Eliminator in their Exo / Grid / Snakeskin / whatever casing

 

Rear:

 

DHF / DHR / Hans Dampf (new one) / Rekon / Aggressor whadda whadd whadda also in their Grid / Exo / Snakeskin casings, but for you I'd personally go up to their more reinforced casings due to your weight. 

 

Revel in the grip. Unfortunately, tyres are consumables and affect your ride greatly. If you're looking for tyres to provide grip in the many different trail conditions we have here in teh WC, in winter, then go the whole hog and don't look back. Yes, you'll have slightly accelerated wear by using em on tar, but you'll have as much grip as you need. EDIT: And you probably won't change them out for summer. If you do, you'll probably just change out the rear, or move the lammed out front tyre t the back and get a new front. 

 

Rear - focus on rolling resistance and casing strength. Front - focus on grip. 

[Reme Le Hane]

I'm gonna say it.

 

Front:

 

DHF / Asseguy / Aggressor 2.5 / Mary / Eliminator in their Exo / Grid / Snakeskin / whatever casing

 

Rear:

 

DHF / DHR / Hans Dampf (new one) / Rekon / Aggressor whadda whadd whadda also in their Grid / Exo / Snakeskin casings, but for you I'd personally go up to their more reinforced casings due to your weight.

 

Revel in the grip. Unfortunately, tyres are consumables and affect your ride greatly. If you're looking for tyres to provide grip in the many different trail conditions we have here in teh WC, in winter, then go the whole hog and don't look back. Yes, you'll have slightly accelerated wear by using em on tar, but you'll have as much grip as you need.

 

Rear - focus on rolling resistance and casing strength. Front - focus on grip.

Thanks. Will look, but most importantly, how do u know my weight. [emoji23]

 

I do know they consumables and I have bought 1 or 2 just to try out. Will Def be doing that again, while the opinions of the experienced is always invaluable, tyres, pedals, grips and so on are just as much a personal taste, but it's cheaper when the experienced guys narrow the list.

[DJR]

...................Rear - focus on rolling resistance and casing strength. Front - focus on grip. 

That sums it up nicely

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Thanks. Will look, but most importantly, how do u know my weight. [emoji23]

Enduro, bro. 

 

[Reme Le Hane]

Enduro, bro.

 

Ahh, forum and irl are now aligning.