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  • cheapish rear UST tyre ?
  • reggiegasket
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    I’ve previously run Halo Choir Masters in UST (2.3) from CRC for £22, which are both cheap with okay performance but CRC doesn’t seem to have any left.

    Any ideas on sub£30 UST rears in 2.3ish width?

    PlanetX has the Schwalbes cheap but no USTs I can see.

    ChunkyMTB
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    Have a lool at nextdaytyres.com

    saladdodger
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    specialized tyres £22 a boot folding tubeless ready

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    reggiegasket
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    ta very much

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    racing_ralph
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    google works you know

    reggiegasket
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    thanks

    jonnyv
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    Bontrager Mud X £20 J E James

    reggiegasket
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    ta jonny. The Mud X is a tad narrow but they have the XR4 in 2.35 at £25 which is a candidate.

    swisstony
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    all schwalbe ‘evolution’ tyres on planetx are tubeless

    chunkypaul
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    jejames are doing cheap 2bliss tyres (think tubeless ready not UST) for £18.39

    the purgatory 2.2 and the eskar 2.3 – tried them both, they seat up easy, perform as well as a Schwalbe Nobby Nic UST for grip and are spot on size wise

    reggiegasket
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    mmm I saw that swisstony but I wasn’t sure if the ‘tubeless’ Schwalbes were as tough as a proper UST. I need something with a decent tough sidewall.

    mboy
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    reggiegasket

    I have a spare Bontrager XR4 2.2″ if you’re interested. Got ridden about 2 miles, until I realised it really doesn’t fit in the back end of my Maverick. I’ve got to buy something slightly smaller now (at 2.2″ the XR4 is enormous for its stated size, the 2.35’s are ridiculous!), wondering what to get myself.

    Excellent tyre though, got one on the front as that fits fine still…

    M6TTF
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    reggiegasket – Member
    ta jonny. The Mud X is a tad narrow but they have the XR4 in 2.35 at £25 which is a candidate.
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    +1 for mboy, I’ve got a set of 2.2 xr4s sat in my garage too, they’re frickin’ massive and started wearing the swingarm on my fuel ex. They only just cleared the fork brace too. God knows what they’re supposed to measure up against

    peakprowler
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    M6TTF .. are you selling the XR4 tyres?

    M6TTF
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    @peakprowler – sure, why not? What you thinking, where you based?

    peakprowler
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    Based in the Peaks .. how about you?

    M6TTF
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    In macc mate, mailed you.

    househusband
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    Do you want proper UST – or ‘tubeless ready’..?! There is a difference you know!

    reggiegasket
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    I want proper UST – hence my concerns about the ‘tubeless’ evolution Schwalbes. It’s for a 456 so the rear end gets some hammer and std tyres (run as tubeless) aren’t tough enough in the sidewall, but the USTs are fine.

    I’ve sent you a mail mboy

    spooky_b329
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    Reggie…tubeless ready does not mean standard tyres. It means tubeless tyres that are not entirely airtight, (so they are lighter and cheaper) but they rely on the sealant to prevent air seeping out through the carcass.

    All Bonty tyres are tubeless ready. Air seeping out sounds bad but if you already use sealant, you won’t notice the difference 🙂

    reggiegasket
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    I’m not fussed about seeping because I use sealant, as you say.

    It’s the toughness of the sidewall that is my concern. USTs are fine, but std tyres are not tough enough. The question is whether ‘tubeless ready’ ones are tough enough.

    househusband
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    The question is whether ‘tubeless ready’ ones are tough enough.

    In my opinion, no; not for the heavier rider on rockier terrain.

    mboy
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    Newer Bonty “tubeless ready” tyres (such as the XR4) have a tougher sidewall than first gen tubeless ready tyres (a la ACX, Jones XR and the Mud X’s)… They also have a VERY tall profile, I wouldn’t worry about slashing the carcass on them myself.

    househusband
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    Newer Bonty “tubeless ready” tyres (such as the XR4) have a tougher sidewall than first gen tubeless ready tyres (a la ACX, Jones XR and the Mud X’s)… They also have a VERY tall profile, I wouldn’t worry about slashing the carcass on them myself.

    Interesting.

    I was put off Bontrager TLR tyres after slashing irreparably one of the tyres you mentioned.

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