Some will know that I’m based out in Tenerife where things happen shall we say at a slower pace. So finding myself riding a 650b bike has left me with some dilemmas.
One came about when the Tenerife lava rocks had their usual impact on the trailstar compound Hans Dampf’s that I’d been using in the UK in the summer. So a trip to the bike shop revealed one tyre choice…….A Vredestein “Black Panther Extreme” So if that’s what we have I guess that’s what we’ll ride!
What can I say, they must have taken the name for the tyre from the 1970’s killer Donald Neilsen AKA The Black Panther. This tyre took every opportunity it could to try and do bad things to me on the trails, it was even worse than the rather mangled and flexi treaded Hans Dampf that was now adorning the bin area.
So, if you ever ask “What tyre for Tenerife” I can guarantee it’s NOT the Vredestine Black Panther Extreme!
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