Loads of folding/TNT Geax (Vittoria) tyres going for £6 at On One at the moment. Bought a couple of Goma as they look very HR2/Butcher-alike.

http://www.on-one.co.uk/c/q/components/wheels/tyres-and-tubes?sort=disc-desc

Good tyres the Gomas, light and fast rolling, but more like an Ardent in terms of grip.

Wheel diameter would be a better filter option as opposed to gender though.

True – should have said these are mostly 26″, sorry!

The gender filter helps to avoid offending the lady buyers by showing them Maxxis tyres.

ta, just ordered some more stock of Barro and AKA’s as the Geax/Vittoria TNT stuff is really good IMO, casing is a nice mix of tough and light (enough), the Barro is pretty good grip wise and the AKA is a relatively good replacement for Maxxis Larsens which are my all-time favourite fast rear tyre.

Cheers! A couple of Barros ordered for the frightfully unfashionably wheel-sized hardtail 😀

Got a shedfull of these, although have yet to figure out quite why I ordered the whitewall saguaros, you can’t go wrong for the money Just a shame they’re out of the good daturas

Cheers! A couple of Barros ordered for the frightfully unfashionably wheel-sized hardtail

Worst tyres I’ve ever used on wet gritstone, fupping lethal… have fun Binners 🙂

If you are local, they have some 23 and 25c road tyres on offer for £5 each too.

Gatorskins IIRC

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Cheers! A couple of Barros ordered for the frightfully unfashionably wheel-sized hardtail
Worst tyres I’ve ever used on wet gritstone, fupping lethal… have fun Binners

Ditto! Had one on the back for about a week, terrifying.

If they’re crap they’ll be added to ‘the pile’ in the shed. Does anyone on here not have a tyre pile?

Everything is just an axle deep bog round us at the moment anyway. How are they in bogs?

Worst tyres I’ve ever used on wet gritstone, fupping lethal

Very very good in softer loamy soil though, and great on dry rock*.

You’ll never get a tyre that works brilliantly everywhere 😉

* I rode on some of that, once, in 2008…

Which ones are the most like Rocket Rons?

If you’ve got the 2.3’s they’re a softer compound (but they’re nowhere near 2.3) and run in th traction direction they’ve been fine on wet south lakes slate.

If they’re crap they’ll be added to ‘the pile’ in the shed. Does anyone on here not have a tyre pile?

Everything is just an axle deep bog round us at the moment anyway. How are they in bogs?

My tyre pile has been reduced after moving house, but still quite impressive. The Barro’s didn’t even make it onto the pile though. I threw them away in disgust!
They do look like they could be ok in boggy stuff though

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/geax-goma-tyres is what swayed me to the Gomas…

Been meaning to order some Gomas for months, but thought I better get it done in case they sell out now. 2.4″ for the front, brap!

Goma is excellent in the dry but lethal on wet rock for some reason

Glad it’s not just me BigJim, that Goma seems very skittish on manicured trail centre surfaces. I’m a huge fan of the Saguaro, fast and grippy, I combine it with a Mezcal on the back of the XC hardtail.

Very good tyres for though and the standard ones work tubeless well, though a bit of a pig to get to seat on the rim the first time.