I appreciate the world of fat has a plethora of bigger tyres but thats already covered.

I’m thinking of emulating copying Surly’s new Instigator format i.e. 2.75mm tyres on 50mm rims.

I have the wheels sorted and have used 2.4” RQs before but before I go looking (think they are discontinued now 🙁 ) I thought I would ask the masses.

Isn’t the Knard available in 26×3″

RQ’s have been renamed, rather than discontinued. Now called Trail Kings, and still phatttt.

Trail King = Rubber Queen.

They just changed the name.

Isn’t there the Gazzallonidi in 3″. That may not be the correct spelling. I remember they always used to do enormous looking DH tyres

Thanks guys.

I should have clarified I was trying to do it for less than the cost of the Knards.

I have a Nokian 3” tyre but its got to be 1800g! and coupled with the fact it rolls as though you are riding up through the plasticine woods into a headwind its out of the question.

Surely plenty of DH specific tyres come in at 26×2.5/6?? Although not sure of weight of the but see below for a quick pick:

Maxxis Ardent 2.6 @ £26 delivered

Before you go down a blind alley, Maxxis 2.7s are only about 2.5 in reality, and in terms of volume probably about the same as a 2.4 RQ. I’ve not tried their 2.6 but the report at the time was that they’re on the same carcass as the 2.7s.

Kenda do a folding 2.5 Nevegal which is a little bigger, and a sensible weight but still by no means a mini fat tyre.

Schwalbe tyres come up big, pretty sure my old 2.4in Muddy Marys were as big as the RQ – so the 2.5 version would be comfortably bigger.

2.7 high roller and minions? Think Scwalbe did a 2.6 big betty

I miss the old style Bontrager XR4. The 2.35 was huge, loved it as a back tyre and haven’t really found anything to replace it.

Tioga Factory DH 2.3. where the 2.3 came from I’ve no idea, it’s enormous.

Utterly shit tyre though.

I have a pair of decent XR4’s at 2.35 lying around…. and a 2.25….

The Gazzaloddi’s are huge; but very slow rolling…..

I haven’t seen much that really competes with VOLUME in comparison to the RQ, a lot of the other tyres; its the tread the makes the width….

New surly dirt wizard? 26×2.75″ http://www.cyclecomponents.com/cgi-bin/air_ibutik.fcgi?funk=visa_artikel&artnr=SUR0844&avd=1

And for a XR4 replacement, have you looked at the 2.4″ Conti X-Kings? Pretty fast and light. I’ve not measured them, but they look big. With them in rigid green 26er at SSUK, I had a few “Looks like a mini Krampus” comments.

Didn’t Nokian or gazzalodi do a massive 3.0 tyre?

On One’s Chunky Monkey 2.4 comes up quite large, 5mm wider and 9mm taller than a Minion DHF 2.35.

Sticky one is grippy too.

a friend has the 2.5 GEAX tyres with a white sidewall from the On-One site, they’re pretty big and really cheap

Let me talk to letmetalktomark. letmetalktomark, let me apologise, I clearly didn’t read your OP. Sorry!

I’m thinking the same. I reckon it’d fit in my forks, but I’d need a new rim – and wheel. Dirt Wizard (£60 at least) plus £180 (syntace W35 or 40 on SLX say) = quite a lot for 15% more air in the front. I reckon I’ll try to cadge a go on a front wheel at some point and see if it’s Really Good or not.