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Looking to shed a few grams and quicken up my Trance for spot of racing 😀
Thunderburts seem to get a general thumbs up.
If running a TB on the back what would folk run on the front?
I'm currently running an Ardent F and and a SB8 rear.
Or have I gotten it all wrong and should be considering something else? Not meant as a thinly veiled what tyre thread 😳
And as everyone likes a picture this is the bike in question:
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I usually pair with a Ron or another Burt.
Thunder Burt!
Is there really enough grip to run one on the front?
Yes. They're a little slidey, but manageable. I prefer a Ron for most riding though, you can push harder.
I paired it with a Hans Damph front and it was great for speed and grip round South Downs parts. Really liked it. Put a big gash through the centre tread running down a fast flinty stretch and found fitting and removing on a Stans Crest rim bloody hard work. Poor impulse control meant I took a knife to it in an embarrasing display of how not to remove a 'difficult' tyre.
a hans 😆 what made you do that?
i never paired mine with anything but a matching front
Ralph? Or if you don't mind not matching brands then I found the Bontrager XR1 to be fine on the front in most conditions. Spesh Renegade and Fast track also look like a decent tyres, and likely cheap.
I just tried a thunderburt on the rear and a ralph yesterday.
My observations were that they were both slidey in the wet surface mud.
Also that if you were to get a matching thunderburt on front then be ready to be ready for the inevitable if going near wet dirt.
i.e. get soemthing a bit more bitey on the front too.
I race a Ralph front and TB rear which works well, if more grip needed then a Ron front and Ralph rear.