It’s finally happening… my first what tyres (tarmac pumptrack)

The relatively small knobbled akas are not pleasant on the new tarmac pumptrack.

What is the slick urban cheap tyre dujour?

Cheap being cheaper than maxxis dth.

DMR Moto.

Don’t just buy cheap crap they’ll last forever on a pump track bike.

Or tan wall Billy Bonkers

Are motos not quite knobble still for tarmax? I know they aren’t knobbly in the individual knobs sense but they aren’t exactly slick.

The billybonkers are almost identical to the akas.

Tan walls are a bonus though.

It doesn’t really matter a huge amount, you’re not pushing grip limits at all. I have DTH on mine, maybe some second hand hookworm? They last forever

Well the correct answer is DTH but you cancelled them in the first post.

All I can remember about Hookworms from years ago is that they’re incredibly heavy. They’re a BMX street tyre.

You don’t want an actual slick tyre even on tarmac. I’ve spun out a few times at high speed on slightly cold or moist tracks. It’s scary stuff.

Well the correct answer is DTH but you cancelled them in the first post.

Ah okay. I didn’t  mean to cancel them more like is there a cheaper similar option.

£44 a pair just press the button.

https://www.airdropbikes.com/products/maxxis-dth-26×2-3-dj-tyre?variant=45271988011330

Unless you’re riding every day it’s not exactly a recurring expense.

I ran billy bonkers on my bmx for pump track – that thing felt incredibly fast. My Privateer dj101 has come with some Vee tyre things – they aren’t as fast but it really doesn’t matter so I can’t be bothered to change them.

Maxxis DTH always look fast.

You don’t want an actual slick tyre even on tarmac. I’ve spun out a few times at high speed on slightly cold or moist tracks. It’s scary stuff

Contrary to instinct, a slick tyre on a bike will give you the most grip on tarmac in all conditions outside of snow. You’re not going fast enough to aquaplane so all a tread pattern is doing is reducing your contact patch. Slightly cold or moist would definitely be best on a slick tyre. Compound can make a difference, but shouldn’t make much of one on a pump track.

I can’t be bothered to play STW professor smartarse. All I know is my 22″ BMX came with a slick street/park style tyre and I lost the rear end a few times at high speed which is shit scary on a hard tarmac track.

Now I have S&M Mainline trails tyres which look like a mini DMR Moto and I’ve got far more grip in all conditions.

Tan walled billy bonkers for the win

I was going to suggest the RT variant of DMR’s Moto but they’ve been discontinued :'(

If you can handle the colour Booze Lights would be my choice:

Vittoria Booze Light 26 x 2.30 Retro DJ Green Tyre Folding

£6 postage on that airdrop deal, Bike Inn works out cheaper.

Nutrak / veetire speedster

Soft compound, fat enough for the pump track

You aren’t gonna puncture on a pump track so no need to heavy DJ tyres

Cheap and look good with vans style waffle tread

I really like the Maxxis DTHs I have on my bike. I also like the Kenda Small Block 8s as well as they had a bit more grip on dirt tracks.

More to grip than knob profile. Don’t know what rubber the akas are, but pump billy bonkers up high and you’ll have world pump track championship tyres. It’s partly what they made then for.

No idea what rubbes the akas are. I just want something that is silent and grippy on tarmac.

Tawall a bonus.

Lurid green no objectionable.

However… The bastard car has decided it needs new tyres. So for now the akas stay… Or i try some big apples i have lying around…