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  • 20" tyres
  • daviek
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    My daughter has as close as damn it went through her small block 8 tyre on the back of her Isla bike so I’m looking for something new. My plan is to swap the good front small block 8 to the back and stick a tyre with some more volume on the front as even over small bits of rocky track she gets bumped all over the place.
    I was looking at the conti explorer but keep reading that the side walls are easy to tear.

    Any alternatives? Or just chuck on the conti and get on with it?

    Posted 6 years ago
    tomlevell
    Full Member

    The bigger small block 8. I think you can get them in a 2.1″
    They fit the front fine but not in the back of Beinn 20 smalls.

    And skids are for kids and are ace.

    Posted 6 years ago
    northernmatt
    Full Member

    I put Continental Explorers on our Beinn 20. He hasn’t damaged them yet and he rides his bike daily.

    Posted 6 years ago
    thegeneralist
    Free Member

    We had 20″ Conti Explorers on our Bheinn for a couple of years and they were fine. Did various downhill runs at Saalbach/Leogang with no punctures at all an no damage to the tyres.

    I think they’re really good on the Beinn

    Posted 6 years ago
    daviek
    Full Member

    Cheers for the replies, I couldn’t see the small block 8 in a bigger width.

    I shall Google some more and then maybe ask her what she fancies.

    Posted 6 years ago
    steve_b77
    Free Member

    I’ve fitted Schwalbe Blackjack to my lads 20″ frog and they seem to work just fine and dandy, they’re the kevlar guard ones and we’ve got about 7 or 8 psi in them.

    Posted 6 years ago
    tomlevell
    Full Member

    Via ebay here
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KENDA-SMALL-BLOCK-8-20-X-2-1-STICK-E-BIKE-MTB-WIRE-TYRETKT49SEW-/310295325337?hash=item483f0aea99:g:wNcAAOxy~dNTIxp8

    Couldn’t find them in the shops when I looked.

    Posted 6 years ago
    jonathan
    Free Member

    What Tom said – sometimes hard to find but well worth it. Significantly bigger volume than Explorers. Explorers were standard fit on the original Beinns – have lasted ages.

    Posted 6 years ago
    pictonroad
    Full Member

    I’ve used Michelin Mambo 20×2.1 on my boy’s bike. They have a really large volume and he can run the front at silly low psi, great on the bumpy stuff.

    Posted 6 years ago
    akira
    Full Member

    Schwalbe Black Jack is quite a good front tyre, pretty robust and a reasonable size.

    Posted 6 years ago
    daviek
    Full Member

    Thanks again for the replies, she fancies the Black Jacks and at £7 a pop its worth a shot.

    Posted 6 years ago
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