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My son is getting more and more hooked, but had a bit of a nasty stack on some grease yesterday. Basically front wheel washed out as he put the anchors on.
We had a chat about it and went back and did the same section again, and he was all good, but I can't help but think some better tyres would help, especially as he's riding a bit more natural stuff.
He's currently for some Kenda Small block 8s which are ok in the dry and hard pack, but there's really not much there for anything else!
Any suggestions that won't break the bank?
All round riding, some trail centre, shall jumps, trails in the woods.
We had a couple of Hutchinson Toro 24” tyres which were great. Hard to find (like all good 24” tyres) but worth pursuing.
Maxxis Minion DHF? Some versions can be had for just above £30.
Schwable do Hans Dampf in 24, in the end we went with Black Jacks as they were easier to get and a bit narrower and even then only just had the clearance, good tyres, step up from small block 8 , with plenty of traction, but not too draggy.
My kids both saw an instant improvement, especially in the mud
My nippers used/use Minion Front and Hansdampf rear for 24" duties, works really well, not the fastest but great for confidence and if you need them to get a move on you can just feed them something sugary and full of E-numbers.
Commencal sells the Vee Tire (sic) Crown Gem 24x2.6.
I fitted these to my lad's Scott Scale Jr+ Disc instead of the Kendas - they worked really well. The 2.6 can be run really soft and gave him a heap more squish (helpful on a rigid bike too).
Sweajnr was on 24" DHF / DHR2. I even managed to find a proper 3C Max Terra DHF which might be considered excessive but he had all the grip!!
We also tried a Maxxis Rekon in 24" which was a good compromise rear tire and slightly cheaper.
We got some Rocket Ron 24*2.1. Much better than the small block 8 we had (is it an Orbea bike?) And lighter if I recall. Sadly we only got them late in the day for a trip to Morzine, just before she grew out of the bike. Wish we had got them earlier. Currently on the well known auction site if you are interested.
My kids had Schwalbe Rocket Rons, which seemed to be the best combo of price/availability/weight/grip/rolling at the time, but this was back when you could get them cheap from Germany easily.
I forget the weight but it was considerably less than the 800g quoted by maxxis for their 24in DHF.
Vee Flow snap have been faultless for us, they aren’t the lightest but it doesn’t seem to have caused any problems for our daughter. Grippy, easy to set up tubeless and she can do big miles 🙂
Her bike came with the same Kenda tyres, which were a bit dangerous for the stuff she likes to do. We had Crown Gem on her Hellion 20 and they were brill too, we just needed something a bit burlier for the stuff she does on her FS, so depends on the stuff you like…
Before I found the flow snap, I ordered several Minions, all advertised as TR but when they turned up they weren’t. I have no idea why that was difficult or if we were just unlucky or 24” TR are like hens teeth in a Minion flavour…