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Eurobike 2016: Onza Tyres

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As well as their established range, Onza had two brand new tyres to show us yesterday, a plus tyre and an XC tyre. One of the trends we’re seeing in tyres this year is, *drumroll*, skinwalls! Relax, relax, they’re optional, you can get these tyres without.

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One of the brand new tyres on show at Eurobike is the Canis 27.5 x 2.85.
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The tread blocks are closely spaced compared to most plus tyres we’ve seen.
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We understand these are tough viewing for some of you. You may not have to ride them, but you’re just going to have to steel yourself for the sight of them on the trails (everyone else: psst! keep being awesome)
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Oh okay! Here’s a black one for you.
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The Svelt is a new XC tyre, coming in at 2.25 wide. It’ll be available in both 27.5″ and 29″ sizes
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Again, it’s a pretty aggressive tread for an XC tyre.
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I’d definitely triple check these were all in the right order before bolting the stand together.
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Onza weren’t the only booth with one of Gwin’s bikes on show.
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Propain have been shipping Onza tyres with their bikes for a while now.
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It’s the Onza tech corner!
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… featuring tyre swatches and various pokable samples.

Most Onza tyres have hard centre treads with softer edge blocks. RC² 55a is the hardest mix Onza do for mountain bike tyres, and is aimed at XC, with 65a centre blocks and 55a edges. RC² 45a mixes 55a and 45a durometers for most MTB applications, and GRP 40 is a single compound tyre design aimed at gravity, with their highest level of grip for wet conditions.

Casings, from lightest to burliest, are C³, FRC, EDC, and DHC. DHC is the only dual ply downhill casing Onza do. EDC is a single ply with puncture protection aimed at enduro racing and freeride, FRC stands for Freeride Casing but is confusingly labelled as being for all mountain and trail riding, but not freeride. It lacks the bead to bead butyl puncture inlay of EDC. C³ is the lightest casing, again aimed at XC.

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These are their three durometer compounds, which, left to right are sticky, stickier, stickiest. See above for more in depth explanation.

David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly. Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.

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