As per the title really, anyone used them? Are they good? Bad? Indifferent?
They are cheap and I need some new tyres for a budget DH build.
They were the macdaddy in about 1998, the best available by far. I remember trying a set on someones bike at a dh race and being amazed how well they gripped and how hard you could turn. I tried some again recently and nearly died when I hit some turns. Times have moved on, factory dh tyres not so much.
My very thrifty housemate threw them away, despite having a lot of life left. He bought High Rollers.
Tioga factory porcelains ? My toilet's made of softer stuff.
Tyres make the single biggest difference for your money to a bike.
Buy some super tacky high rollers. You'll go faster.
big but heavy not a bad grip but not great, bloody slippy on wet rocks/tarmac.
i threw mine away 6 years ago. Get highrollers. Single ply if you're on that much of a budget
Thanks all, looks like I will have to invest in some Super tacky
Minnions instead.
I ran my 2.1dhs tubeless at 15psi and I quite liked then on my SS. Excellent tyres for winter. At those pressures, the rubber hardness didn't matter so much.
Were my tyres of choice, when I had to buy them with paper round money and didn't know any better. So that was about 12 years ago.... they suck!
What Scienceofficer said.
Round here (the Mendips) they're pretty good as a high-volume winter trail tyre on the front especially, if you run them soft enough. Basically a skinny mud tyre style tread but with enough volume to avoid pinch flats / pinging off roots and rocks.
Never got on with High Roller style tread in the depths of winter, prefer something with predictable grip in the gloop regardless of which way it's pointing/leaning. Hard enough staying upright sometimes, let alone pushing over into the corners...
Funny how our riding conditions make us gravitate to the same/similar kit!
Bonty mud X on the rear and a front swamp thing do my winter duties now.
Do they still make them or has tioga still got a warehouse full of them?
Do they still make them or has tioga still got a warehouse full of them?
i think people are still selling off the piles of the from bike '98 😉
Swampthings -- one of our regulars misguidedly bought a pair of them in dual-ply supertacky a couple of winters ago. Instant tranformation from the fastest rider in the group to tail-end charlie 🙂
I tried a set on my enduro bike last year nearly killed myself. Be alright for pottering along though.
I wouldn't use them again as they terrible rebound.
Instant tranformation from the fastest rider in the group to tail-end charlie
I'm perfectly happy to admit I did similar with 42A highrollers last year. I got nowhere fast, but I could have ridden up vertical cliff faces - even if it was at less than walking pace. 😳
I learned my lesson - 60a on the front is fine!
cyclelife.com do the Raleigh Extreme plus Raleigh Puncture Resistant Tubes
you can have the two in my garage for the postage? 😳
why oh why I keep tyres like this I'll never know, I don't think I'll ever be desperate enough to use them again..
Z1ppy, I might take you up on that. If they're as bad as everyone says they are they can go on my dads bike.
You're based near Stourbridge aren't you? If so I could save you some postage as well!
yep m8, your more than welcome to them.
Z1ppy, YGM