AndreZA Posted February 25, 2010 Share ...manufacturer fault. This is my Conti Speed King rear tyre. It's the Protection version and I run it with tubes. It has not seen alot of milage and not even proper trails yet. The knobbies in the pics seem to be hollow and if you lift it up you can see the carcass. It's only on this section that it is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted February 25, 2010 Share Send it back and then stop skidding those tyres . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windbreaker Posted February 25, 2010 Share No that's the way they are designed - better grip in the mud. Same principle as octopus suckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted February 25, 2010 Share I dont think thats normal. If a stone gets in there it will surely cause you some trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted February 25, 2010 Share Send it back and then stop skidding those tyres . Even if I did skid the knobbies surely should not be hollow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techguy Posted February 26, 2010 Share Looks like you.ve ridden over a stone thats caused the hollows, seen it on my Mountain kings, I doubt very much that Conti will warranty those tyres with that amount of wear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackie Posted February 26, 2010 Share Looks dodge to me, take them in and offer to pay only for the trad used. IE get a 70% or so discount on a new set. It looks like the liquid rubber never filled the mold properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighter-Lights Posted February 26, 2010 Share Mine's knobbies were not hollow... I know cause I've cut all the knobbies down to make it a semi slick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted February 26, 2010 Share its prolly not a real conti, but a cheap chinese knock off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted February 26, 2010 Share I spoke to Conti and they send the pics to Germany. They would like a sample to see why it happened and offered me 20% discount on a Race King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbreath Posted February 26, 2010 Share I think its just poor riding technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendonMyb Posted February 26, 2010 Share yup my kendas did exactly the same but i have more wear on them than you do on the conti's. No skidding done. I also found that the knobblies start pulling apart IE: starts disintegrating & small chunks litterally break off the knobblies. I found this to happen especially when going down steep hills on gravel road ( not even rough terrain ), just plain gravel road at high speed ( between 45 & 55 km/h ) strange Anyhow ive never bothered getting in touch with Kenda & consiquently bought myself race kings. Im chuffed to high heaven with them & it brought the weight off considerably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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