Morning all, New bike should have UST's on as standard, but does anyone have any thoughts on the best tyres for the event?
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Tyres for Kielder 100?? UST...
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Depends on the weather... Course described as fireroad, singletrack and grass - if it's wet mud tyres will be a must (especially on the grass). I did a marathon event there a couple of months ago - it rained overnight and some of the fireroad sections were pretty gloopy.
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Will proper muds not make the rest of the 100k difficult though? I'd probably prefer to loose a bit in the grip department for something that rolls better on everything else, saying that, I don't know what the course will be, but the manmade stuff and the fireroads should stay in reasonable nick I'd have thought
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Will proper muds not make the rest of the 100k difficult though?
100 miles
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well there you go!
Please tell me you're not singlespeeding it!
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Any other thoughts for actual tyres?
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Please tell me you're not singlespeeding it!
Of course I am; my only geared bike is a 6-speed cargo bike that weighs 50lbs!
Tyres: I was thinking of getting some better rolling tyres, but have decided that I'll probably just run the 2.25" non-folding Mountain kings that are already on the bike because I'm too cheap to buy special tyres
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Running Stans tubeless rims with a 2.25 nobby nic up front and a ralph rear.
If the weather degrades further leading up to the event, I will change the rear back to my winter favourite the mudx. Although I'm a bit like miketually in the fact I will generally run whats on the bike at the time.Posted 2 years ago # -
what bike are you getting then???
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Orange 5 Mr Bev! But its UST and I need tyre Ideas!
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conti race kings, maybe a rocket ron up front
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the Nobby Nick on the front and Racing Ralph on the back is a fast and grippy combo love em on the Simple and the Trance
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Bontrager Mud-X here. Pretty good in wet/mud conditions but not bad allround tyres.
Need plenty of decent sealent though and I wouldn't run them at too low pressures. First time I used them at Cwmcarn they burped a lot.
Just used them on the Exmoor Explorer and they were great.
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