Maybe not the most important thing in the world (first world problem springs to mind) but…

Maxxis, wy did you change your logo colour to white from yellow?

I now am the – not so – proud owner of a pair of mismatched tyres. My ten year old mocks them. It doesn’t state what colour the logo is when buying online either.

White are OEM tyres. Where did you buy them? I ended up with a new DHR II from Merlin with white logo.

white is supposed to be original bike fitment only i think, not for retail

They didn’t. Isn’t white OEM and yellow after market.

From Merlin. My son’s new bike also has white logos.

It’d be handy if this was listed in the description, I’ve emailed Merlin as I wanted to buy Minion for the front of my son’s bike and would prefer a white logo to match his current one.

“His tyre logos don’t match”

You’re going to lose your shit when you see how many people run different brands front and rear 😆

Choose tyres on function not brand or logo colour. It’s not a fashion show, it’s riding bikes in mud.

Merlin sell a lot of OEM stuff stripped off retail bikes so that’s probably what’s happened. Just send them back if you haven’t used them already.

I’m not trying to minimise your suffering, but really?

I’m fine with either white or yellow but they must be matching.

Different brands, can’t do that, it’s just wrong.

The OEM thing is just the rumour mill doing its thing . Maxxis print the logo in white and yellow becasue; reasons. Some bike manufacturers want yellow, some want white, so Maxxis make them both. The tyres themselves are no different.

And yet you fitted them!!!??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I do hope the valve/logo alignment is at least correct!

nickc
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The OEM thing is just the rumour mill doing its thing

Well apart from the fact that all retail packaged tyres have yellow logos.

The OEM thing is just the rumour mill doing its thing .

Not really. Some OEM are white, some are yellow. All aftermarket are yellow.

And not all oem ones are white, some are yellow.

Ergo white isn’t the colour of oem tyres.

All cows have brown eyes, not everything with brown eyes is a cow.

As above, white logo on every new bike I’ve had with Maxxis tyres.
I’ve got a Hightower and a Whyte E-160, both with Assegai and DHR2 tyres. The Ebike came with both white logo’s but an exo plus front when I had a new DD Assegai with yellow logo, I’ve now got yellow/white logo’s on both bikes as it makes more sense to put the DD on the front of the ebike and the lighter version on the Hightower, it really doesn’t matter what colour they are. Before this I’d been using a Magic Mary/DHR2 combo for a good few years but I’m more concerned with how a bike rides than how it looks

The OEM thing is just the rumour mill doing its thing . Maxxis print the logo in white and yellow becasue; reasons. Some bike manufacturers want yellow, some want white, so Maxxis make them both. The tyres themselves are no different.

So bike brands get to pick yellow or white, but aftermarket should be yellow only (edit, too slow)

IIRC there was a run of white label ardents that came stock on many “trail/xc” bikes 7-8 years ago that were particularly poor rubber compound and/or puncture resistance. Which has made people hate both ardents and white label tyres (perhaps incorrectly) ever since.

Well apart from the fact that all retail packaged tyres have yellow logos.

Right, so what’s that got to do with OEM choices?

Wait, I assumed this thread was sarcasm! You mean this is a real complaint!??!

Pop to Halfords

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-and-body-repair/specialist-and-decorative-paints/white-tyre-pen-marker-654040.html

Right, so what’s that got to do with OEM choices

Nowt I guess, but you can’t buy a retail packaged maxxis tyre with white logos.

Actually, forget that pen from Halfords. Grab a black Sharpie and go for the ‘pro running Spesh’ look 😀

Response to a question to Aaron Chamberlain of Maxxis on the PB podcast 138.

I appreciate you taking the time to listen and ask a question. Spec for spec there is no difference between an OEM (white label tire) and an aftermarket (yellow label tire). The Maxxis yellow can clash with certain paint and graphics chosen by bike brands which is why we offer the white hot patch. For example, let’s say you bought a new bike with 29×2.5 Assegai in EXO+ casing with 3C MaxxTerra compound. Other than the hot patch (logo) color on the sidewall, there’s no difference between that and a yellow label tire you would find in a bike shop with the same specs.

but you can’t buy a retail packaged maxxis tyre with white logos.

Correct, all aftermarket tyres are yellow, not all OEM are white

Correct, all aftermarket tyres are yellow, not all OEM are white

Stop being a pedant. If this was a political thread you’d be one of the first to scream ‘troll’.

Correct, all aftermarket tyres are yellow, not all OEM are white

No, but all white are OEM 🙂

Stop being a pedant. If this was a political thread you’d be one of the first to scream ‘troll’.

It’s [not at all] an important distinction though in so much as buying an oem tyre won’t necessarily solve the issue, the right question needs to be asked to discern the colour that isn’t “oem or not” [obviously the right question is “is this tyre wobbly because my front maxxis one is and this needs to match”]

And also, that Maxxis guy is lying. There are OEM only tyres that are different to aftermarket tyres, whatever colour the logo. If they’re getting enough made, they can get made what that want. Orbea have had a few Maxxis tyres unique to them as an example. There’s one here… yellow logos IIRC… I’ll go look…

…yup, yellow icons on an EXO+ Ikon. Great fast but tough enough tyre (not mine).

yeah OK, I was really meaning that the white labelled tyres aren’t any different in manufacturing process to the yellow labelled ones, which is the main reasons some folks take them off new bikes and replace them with aftermarket ones( yes, I know): The belief that they’re somehow inferior.

Stop being a pedant

Where’s the fun in that? 😁

And also, that Maxxis guy is lying.

Bold call. **** me Kelvin, take a day off.

Maxxis make OEM only tyres that you can’t buy aftermarket. Reading again… he’s not denying that… so he’s not lying… but his answer is misleading.

yeah OK, I was really meaning that the white tyres aren’t any different in manufacturing process to the yellow labelled ones, which is the main reasons some folks take them off new bikes and replace them with aftermarket ones( yes, I know): The belief that they’re somehow inferior.

Think there was something about some dodgy Ardents a while back which was then conflated to all tyres with white patch. My Slayer had a DHR II/Assegai combo with white patches, ironically the straightest set of tyres i’d had from Maxxis for a while and since.

Thankfully Conti seem to make tyres that are missing the wobble.

Not just OEM it seems..

https://www.worldwidecyclery.com/blogs/worldwide-cyclery-blog/maxxis-tires-with-white-logos-only-here-for-a-limited-time

I bought a DHR II from Merlin, properly packaged but with a white logo. I too am rocking mismatched logo colours.

Not just OEM it seems..

https://www.worldwidecyclery.com/blogs/worldwide-cyclery-blog/maxxis-tires-with-white-logos-only-here-for-a-limited-time

Obviously not Sherlock, hence why @didnthurt started the thread. The difference here is WWC is being open about the white patch offering them for retail, something Merlin and CRC don’t do and just sell them without mentioning the colour.

Also big bikes shops are OEM customers too, hence why they’re not available everywhere.

You’re going to lose your shit when you see how many people run different brands front and rear 😆

Couple of weeks ago I was running a factory built on the rear and a shop built on the front with mismatched tyres and tubes (valve lengths too).

Hubs/spokes/rims/tyres/tubes and valves all mismatched 😀

Seriously!

Maxxis are so 2000!

Get this right! I run Schwalbe on front and a Vittoria out back.

I’m fine with either white or yellow but they must be matching.

Different brands, can’t do that, it’s just wrong.

#firstworldproblem

*sigh*

I’m fine with either white or yellow but they must be matching.

Different brands, can’t do that, it’s just wrong.

Meh.
Some of us ride different colours and different brands of tyres AND wheels…. 😝