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After writing off a tyre and 2 rims so far this year I'm looking at options. I like schwalbe tyres, but the supergravity options are limited to the Rock Razor or Hans D in trailstar which both tend to have a short life span. I'm already running 28 psi or so (and I'm not heavy) so don't want to put more air in. Could procore be the answer? Currently half price on one of the German sites
I like mine, but I've never written off a wheel. They do let me run low pressures without being plagued by pinch flats though.
The valves can clog meaning a new tube which isn't cheap also fitting and removing tyres can be a fight.
If you do get a puncture the tyre goes flat very quickly, I guess due to less volume/pressure.
However, tons of grip due to the possible low pressures. Tyres never burp, A cut tyre at speed does not mean a wrecked rim.
No need to dick about with compressors or special pumps to seat a tyre.
Flat tyre defender is worth a look, simpler and promises the same thing
Is the flat tyre defender available in the UK? It does seem to be even heavier than procore
I'm a big fan. Been running procore on the Liteville 601 for over a year now.
No complaints at all. Never felt a rim strike even once. Previously, I used to bend rear rims constantly.
Also makes a massive difference on the front as you can go really low pressure and still plough through rocks. Never burps either.
Got lazy on a nightride a month or so ago, realised that rear tyre had probably dried up and was losing pressure over the night. Final rocky techy Calderdale descent to the pub... only got about maybe 10 psi left in the rear and thought "sod-it" lets see if procore can handle this.... It did... No problem 🙂
Did I mention being a big procore fan? 🙂
Op - which german site, bitte?
Tried Huck Norris?
Procore seems like a pretty expensive solution.
Watch Sven's ews mash up... The who knows how pro core works bit is funny
Tried Huck Norris?
I have. It seems to be OK, although it's pretty crude and isn't cheap itself.
I'm also in for the Mr Wolf thing on Kickstarter. By the time I'm through trying cheaper alternatives I'm blatantly going to wish I'd just bought ProCore.
🙂
Procore seems like a pretty expensive solution.
It does, but if the OP can get it half price as per his post, it actually seems pretty reasonable give the cost of high quality rims and tyres, plus the associated cost of re-rimming a wheel if you don't do it yourself.
I have a set of Pro Core sat in the cellar which was superseded by a WTB Tough casing Ranger, but people I know who ride lots of rocky stuff regularly rate the system.
Which site has it half price then?
I got a set from 18 bikes a couple of months ago for a decent price.
I got it because even with things like conti Apex I was pinch flatting casings and damaging rims on a semi regular basis on my hardtail. As a trail rider, I didn't want to be running massive casing DH tyres really, the 29er versions of those really are pretty heavy.
It's early days so far, but it seems ok. TBH, it's not affected how I run my tyre pressures, because they were pretty low anyway. I dropped pressure to see if the ride could be better, but it turned squirrelly as the tyre became unstable and I'm back to my preferred pressures of about 18-20 psi in 2.35 tyres.
Oddly, I get a funny knocking sound in rooty/rocky terrain from the system, which turns out to be the inside of the tyre rubbing on the procore as it deforms and releases. That threw me for a bit because until I worked out what it was I thought something was broken.
Eulach, it's R2 bike.
Cheers all. I'd looked at the Huck Norris, but that's around £60 as well plus I'm unsure what us life expectancy is. Procore it is then... Hopefully it'll keep my wheels out of the Lbs a bit more!