war gerade mal im ridemonkey Forum. Da sind auch nicht-schön-Wetterfahrer vertreten.
Those ires are not completely spent. Id have new ones because Im a tire pimp (i.e. Ive tried every tire under the sun and still have most of them because they didnt work as well as the ones before them, or something like that).
The mutano raptors that you are looking at are good tires.
The best things about them are: cornering ability, air volume/weight ratio, and rolling resistance.
The worst things about them are: they can be easily caked with muck, with one mounted in the rear, cant climb in extreme conditions (i.e. lots of rocks, loose rock, or mud), dont last very long if you get the DNA rubber compound (i.e. the good light ones).
If you like those WTBs that you have but want more volume, try this combo...Like I said Im a tire pimp and have tried a helluvalot of tires and these are by far my favorite.
Continental Vertical pro 2.3 (front)
Continental Survival Pro 2.3 (rear)
You'll thank me when your climbing the technical stuff and/or the mud and you dont slip out, your rear knobs dont break off, and when your cornering and you dont ever slide, even where your old tires would let go.
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slimy northshore in Tulsa?
It snowed thurstad and on friday it melted... well, we rode in the post
melt soup on Saturday. I got to the trailhead and realized (DOH!) that I
forgot to mount a mud tire on my front wheel.
I had started the swap the night before but I got distracted and forgot.
It could have been worse because I had the Gnarly mounted on the rear
but I had a friggin Mutano Raptor up front and it was just useless. I
had many dabs and 5 or 6 near washouts. Riding a mutano in the slime is
like riding on axle grease.
Not all was bad however. Someone has been working on some of the newer
trails, working with wood. Some bloody genious created a drop and a
pretty skinny bridge.
There is this one decent that is really steep but kind of boring because
its just a smooth slope, wel, there is now a plank that extends out from
the top of the decent and just ends above the bottom of the slope, from
the end to the ground is about 4-5'. The approach was crappy so we
improved on it
The bridge spans about a 7 foot wide gap, bout a 6' drop if you fall off
and full of boulders. The brodge is about 8-9" wide with a tricky
approach and a tree right where your handlebar goes when your getting on
the bridge. Its tough but fun.
Now all we need is a teeter totter
