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Ben Gerrish has just finished testing four different 27.5x2.6in mountain bike tyres, including a Bontrager XR4, Maxxis Minion DHF, Schwalbe Nobby Nic, and Specialized Hillbilly.
https://singletrackworld.com/2018/05/four-2-6in-mountain-bike-tyres-tested-reviewed/
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I'm been garish and I've been riding a
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selection of 2.6 tires for the last few
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months with the idea to get a bit of a
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grasp as to what this new product is
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there's Christ and Internet already from
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people saying it's a new standard
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something else be able to buy into but
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in my humble opinion it's actually an
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answer to something that's already been
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changing the mountain bike scene for a
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long time is the wider rims people are
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running up to 35 mil internal now
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without even questioning it they're
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coming on a lot of the new and Giro
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bikes so the 2.6 offers you that larger
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volume up to about 10% more than your
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average 2.35 tire to sit possibly a bit
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better with a bit more volume and
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hopefully still fulfil the initial ideas
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of the tires profile tread pattern
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compounds I've been running four
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different tires for the last few months
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basically down on my local trails a mix
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of conditions really about snow if I
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drain without dry trails to a degree as
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well and been riding some big mountain
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stuff some rocky we Rui like the local
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trails a muddy and rooty all round at
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this time of year so we're really really
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been putting through the paces we've got
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a Schwalbe knobby Nick we've had a bond
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trader XR for Team Edition we've got a
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specialized hillbilly and I've got a
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maxis mini in dhf this is the bond
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trader XR for team issue
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it comes with 120 TPI sidewalls 61 a set
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the knobs with 50 a side knobs this
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should give us a nice straight line fast
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rolling but she would quite Gryff rich
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in the corners the xr4 is a marketing is
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an aggressive trail tire sue to loose
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rocky trails which seems ideal for most
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of the stuff I'm riding around here to
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be honest they weighed in 890 grams each
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and on the 29 mill internal rival rooms
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that I've put all these tires on for the
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initial test the dual compound did allow
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these tires to have a nice bit of pace
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behind them but reasonably
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confidence-inspiring the roughest stuff
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as well especially got rocky in a bit
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hardly going the inner strength
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sidewalls although maybe tougher than
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your average tire I did have a couple of
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functions of these when it got a bit
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rocky air and a paces up I'll just nip
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through the sidewalls on them
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the treads great but I wouldn't set an
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aggressive trail ride and I was hoping
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for something a bit more the Maxis
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minion dhf is a three c-max terror EXO
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protection and it is cheapest ready
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so the minion has been on the Maxis
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roster for a long time now but the tread
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pattern suffered well in this new 2.6
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guys they're actually three compound so
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we have got a 70 a base 50 a center and
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42 a shoulders so that leaves we retire
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that is kind of up to its name of being
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an all-rounder really thought I sent the
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knobs nice and hard when I 78 which me
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really hardcore it's a really quick roll
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on certain knobs I want you to lean it
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into these generously sized pretty well
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pretty well spaced there's plenty in
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between as well side knobs when you lean
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it in it really does grip keep you going
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the EXO protection on the sidewall again
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120 TPI but really stand up to too much
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pattern so if you get them to a rougher
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stuff get to be careful like lying
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choice it's gonna be quite important
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when it's tire the minion is definitely
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aimed an all-round market but it comes
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into his own in serious situations but
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fast roll and center holds well on trail
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centre and hard pack trail but the sides
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do dig in nicely when it comes when it
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gets a bit rougher on the rockiest off
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you can rely on that front and back the
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minion performs well under braking is it
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expect from this classic tire
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the Schwalbe Navi Nik evolution apx
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reinforced and tle snakeskin so compound
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is the new addict speed grip as well
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which has been around for about a year
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now it's replaced their pastes are and
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well a bit of a revolution really so all
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only put it took a slight hit on the
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rolling resistance everything else
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durability damping and grip has all gone
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up drastically
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the number Nick is marketed as an
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all-round tire all-mountain all-weather
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I can't do it I can't truly agree with
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that although on the hardpack and on the
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rocky stuff it was really great out
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front the small knobs and the small
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surface area especially on the shoulder
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knobs lacks a certain amount of control
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and commitment when you're pushing in
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you really want some good bike the tread
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pattern is quite spaced out on the two
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point six as well so at times you did
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feel like you just skate a little bit on
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the back at a tendency to step out even
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with a new addict speed group rubber
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wasn't always enough to bring it back in
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the tle snakeskin fared really well
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rode some really rough stuff at speed
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didn't really buffed it back down at all
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no puncture on these which was a nice
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surprise
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specialized Hillberry this is the grid
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side wall with the reasonably new to
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specialize gripped on compound with the
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grips on compound which originally comes
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with Android Market basically aiming to
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bring longevity to a tire but also to
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have that grip this tire kind of blew me
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away
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actually the gripped on is a really soft
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compound early market as lower on Justin
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I'm assuming it's remote I cuz on the
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climbs you do notice but it all comes
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into its own once you turn around at the
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top so much commitment a small Center
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tread pattern cuts through the surface
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mud and finds you grip underneath
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efficiently while these large shoulder
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knobs
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really super soft just digging wet roots
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these are the reckless
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around here the UK ridin I genuinely
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think this could be a three season tire
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you can get over the drag factor once
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you drag this up the hill really is
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worth it the grip is amazing and all
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that the driest conditions gonna bring a
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whole lotta ride
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