Ripped my Rubberqueen UST which I'm running tubeless on a Flow EX rim
Can't seem to find them cheaper than £45
Started looking at Nobby NIcs tubeless ready but so many options - double defence, snakeskin, 4x - whats the difference between them???
The description refers to the sidewall and compound. No description is standard sidewall, Snakeskin is reinforced, Double Defence is double reinforced. Obviously, the more reinforcement the softer the tyre. As for compounds, ORC is the cheap plastikky compound, followed by Pacestar then Trailstar then Gatestar/4cross. Softer tyres grip better but roll slower and wear out quicker.
I'm just a week too late for that excellent explanation, had to figure it all out myself for my order last Monday!
I found the 2012 nobby nics impossible to get onto crests, haven't tried them on flows yet though. they just wouldn't seat properly, even with tubes, apparently they have loosened them up a bit for 2013, I read on here somewhere...
I really like the snakeskin ones, very little weight penalty and really tough.
I've got 2012 nobby nics on a pair of crests, and I got them on, with the help of a tyre lever for the last bit. Pumped up with a track pump without the need for soapy water.
I went for 4x tyre front with pacestar rear.
I have just bought some, after much investigating the million options.
As stated the side walls go from normal-snakeskin-double defence, in order.
The compounds go soft-hard
pacestar
trailstar
Vertstar.
I went for the snakeskin tubeless gatestar/4x compound, which is a combination of pacestar center and vertstar shoulders. Too early to tell what they are like yet.
To mount them tubeless I had to install a tube first, couldn't even get them to go up with a compressor. Once the beads were mounted with a tube, then removed said tube they went up fine.Added stans and they sealed brilliantly with no sidewall leaks.
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Thats where I bought mine from £38 the pair.
Cheapest I could fine here (uk) was about £45 each.
Arrived in 3 days as well.
CO2 canister if you can't get them to seat.
Can somebody explain this to me please ? 😯Obviously, the more reinforcement the softer the tyre
I think that's meant to be -
thicker sidewalls + softer rubber = Schwalbe's recipe
I found the Pacestar rubber to be far too hard in the center, causing quite a few front end wash outs on wet rock and slate.
The Rubber Queens are far superior as a front tyre, I'd be interested in trying the Trailstar compound but the Pacestar still wears at a quick rate and my RQs barely look used after 7 months.
ah, thanksthicker sidewalls + softer rubber = Schwalbe's recipe
Thanks for all the replies but I think I'm going to bite the bullet and go for a rubberqueen again