Chaoyang Tyre Torture Test

[DemitriN]

So is goedkoop really duurkoop? Let’s find out! I recently picked out some cheapo Chinese Chaoyang Tyres from a bike shop to try out on my Giant Reign. My local trails are all around Table Mountain so lots of super steep gradients with a good mix of loose gravel, powdery sand, granite & sharp rocks - an unforgiving torture tunnel for MTB tyres if ever there was one! Price wise the Chaoyangs were substantially cheaper than anything else on offer. The tag on the 26 x 2.25 double hammer model was R399 - tubeless with shark skin side walls, dual compound & 60 tpi. I’ve never tried this Chinese brand before btw and can honestly say my expectations were low! My go-to tyres are Vittoria, but I’ve previously used Maxxis, Schwalbe, Michelin, Continental, etc. So in this durability & performance test I’ll try to compare with those brands esp as to whats most cost effective. Fitting the tubeless tyres was not too challenging at all. Rubber felt good and weight was decent at 660g. Inflated to 20 psi. First two rides I aimed at every rock on the trail, leaned into turns excessively to test holding & did a few jumps. So far so good! I’m stoked with performance & really like the tread pattern (perfect for rear wheel) - good holding & lowish rolling resistance. Will periodically update this post to share how the tyres hold out after a few hundred k’s around the mountain. Also would like to hear from anyone currently using Chaoyangs what your experiences have been. Is goedkoop duurkoop or not? :-)

[Super Sywurm]

I use the Chaoyang Viper slicks on my spare set of wheels for road riding. Very solid tyres. +-1000km on the set, never had a flat tyre. I ride them with tubes.

 

I would buy them again.

[FirstV8]

I bought a rear Chaiyong two months before lock down and had already 1600 km when lock down was  enforced .It held up well in the conditions we ride in up on the High Veld . A lot of gravel , farm road , single track and thorns as winter approaches . I found it had good traction on climbs and rolled well on descents at high speed , no side wall flexing . I had one puncture which was a nail through the side wall . I sorted thar out with a mushroom plug from the inside and it never let me down again . Once lockdown opened up again i pumped the tyres to 4 bar and only rode on the road as all off road trails were to far  from my central point . I  did another almost 5000 km on that rear and then it looked like a slick with no tread on the the centre three knobs . Not a bad tyre but the price on a 29X2.35 was much the same as a Maxxis which i prefer and  have now got on again . 

[beckerr]

I have a chaoyang rock.wolf back tire for 2 years. No problems here. 

[beckerr]

Wife has chaoyang double hammer at back. No problems as well.