Purgatory 2.3 – Rim Poll

Curious after yesterdays thread.

So I’ll start :

mavic 719’s and tubes

719 and tubeless.

B.O.R XMD 388
Tubeless

Flow and tubeless.

Flows & tubes.

Flow Ex Tubeless

819 tubeless.

Crest & tubeless – big one though

DT ex500 tubeless.
But also using an Eskar(which is bigger) tubeless on an XM719, no burps or noticeable tyre roll.

as an aside, in what dimension is an 819 bigger than a 719 ?

Interesting replies so far, keep ’em coming !

Wtb i23 tubeless

Spank spike 35 and tubeless, come up huge.

Flow & tubeless.

Easton EA70 XCT & Tubeless

Tubeless on Easton havoc UST (23mm).

819 is the UST tubeless version of the 719 – it’s the same width.

719s tubeless here – on both my FS bikes.

Bike one has Conti Rubber Queens. I’m Purgatory curious, so this thread is relevant to me.

Bike two has Spesh Storm / Captain.

Is anyone running a butcher front, purgatory rear? Is this a good idea?

P35 tubeless. 29″ 2.2 and 2.3 Purgs (look about the same casing size to me).

They’re not quite as big as some suggest, a step down from an Ardent 2.4 and a bit smaller than a 2.2 RQ, so about right for the listed size. Great wet-weather all rounders.

Yes, butcher front, purgatory rear on Arch Exs tubeless. Amazingly grippy and relatively fast-rolling set-up for most conditions. Although the butcher isn’t as bulbous as the purgatory if you like your front bigger than your rear 😀

Butcher front, Purg rear on Mavic Crossrides, ghetto tubeless using Gorilla tape.

Although the butcher isn’t as bulbous as the purgatory if you like your front bigger than your rear

wilko99 – Am considering the butcher/purg combo (both 2.3), but interested in your comment on sizing, are you saying the equivalent butcher comes up a little smaller than the purg, by how much would you say?

719. tubeless.

Rear on Traversee EL and tubeless. (and a 2.35 Nevegal on the front).

Personally I suspect that if people didn’t know they had narrow rims, most wouldn’t notice any tyre roll… Maybe we should blind test this and run around swapping wheels on people 😉

Tubeless purg on rear and butcher on front. Cross trail wheels impressed so far maybe a bit of roll on purg but on rear and does not bother me. Butcher is v good IMHO and paid 52 quid for the pair not far off 1 maxxis

Butcher and purg with tubes on roval traverse on my 13 stumpy evo. Stock setup basically.

Hard to quantify without having the bike in front of me. Maybe a couple of mm across the widest part of the tread? Not sure on height. I’m going to have to check now, just out of sad curiosity 🙂

Butcher vs Purgatory:

http://www.reifenbreiten-datenbank.de/reifen-Specialized-Butcher-26×2.30.html

http://www.reifenbreiten-datenbank.de/reifen-Specialized-Purgatory-26×2.20.html

(The Purgatory 2.3 is on the same size carcass as the old 2.2 version – marketing! 😉 )

Superstar EVO’s, EN321’s, tubes, Minion/HR.

Perg & flow ex with tubes, no probs.

Arch, tubeless

Is anyone running a butcher front, purgatory rear? Is this a good idea?

Yes. Yes.

If this is in relation to tyres rolling on rims, my feeling is it is a side effect of tubeless – there is less there to be solid. Someone posted a video of their tyre rolling around on tubeless recently, mine aren’t that bad but it is noticeable, more so on low speed techy stuff where balance is more important. my Arch rims are relatively narrow though.

front, purg 2.2 on 721
Rear, eskar2 2.3 on 721

Both tubed, no issues.

And the award for not reading the op goes to…

st colin – Member
Superstar EVO’s, EN321’s, tubes, Minion/HR

My 717’s are looking to be a bit thin 😆

Purgatory 2.3 on Pacenti TL28, currently tubed cos I’ve been too lazy to set it up tubeless!

Nice profile to the tyre though, and grips very well!

Tubeless on flow and P35. Might try stretching it across a dually at some point.

I got a pair of Purgs because the front Butchers weren’t available at the time. More than happy with them, but just ordered a Butcher to go on the front out of curiosity more than anything else.

Mavic 317s tubeless with insulation tape and tubed valves.
with Stan’s fluid.
Flows tubeless with fluid.
Both inflated with a joe blow first time.
Bloody great tyres!

WTB Frequency I-25 Rim 29″ 2012 Purgatory F & R tubless

Purgatory 2.3 front, Captain 2.2 rear, on crests.
(No noticable difference in size between the two BTW.)

Sorry, forgot: Tubeless.

ARCH EX tubeless.
Purg 2.3 front(new) purg 2.2 back(old)
The new 2.3 seems to come up massive compared to the rear. Great grip no roll or burps. run at 28psi +-