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Review: Continental Mountain King Tires: Black Chili Protection Series
The Mountain King is best described as an all conditions tire. Featuring an open design and an alternating pattern, this tire self-cleans while it rolls. Alternating intermediate knobs and aggressive cornering knobs work hard under braking and cornering. Inside the tire it gets interesting. The ProTection carcass is a second generation version that is 25% …
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Review: Schwalbe Hans Dampf 27.5 Tires
I was on the lookout for a new pair of tires for my Santa Cruz Bronson. I wanted the tire to provide lower rolling resistance than what I currently had, and it needed to work well from hardpack to loam. Since I respect the trails and don’t ride in the mud, mud shedding wasn’t a …
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Review: Maxxis High Roller II 2.3″ and Ardent 2.25″ 29er Combination
When I received the Niner RIP 9 RDO for review, the stock tires just weren’t cutting it: they didn’t want to hook up in the slightly-sandy loose-over-hardpack high desert trail conditions around my hometown of Salida. Since I wanted to give the bike a fair shake, I got on the horn with Aaron from Maxxis …
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Schwalbe Procore Dual-Chambered MTB Tire and Updated Nobby Nics
Schwalbe’s Procore system is a dual-chambered tire intended for maximum effort downhill and enduro applications. The dual chambers mean you can run 20psi in the outer chamber for maximum performance, without fear of the tire burping or getting snake bites. Unless an actual snake tries to eat it, that is. There’s no way for Schwalbe …
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10 New Fat Bike Tires at Interbike 2014
Gone are the days when the only way you could get a fat bike tire was by giving Surly a call. At Interbike 2014, it seemed like every mountain bike tire manufacturer had at least one fat bike tire on display. We did our best to track all the fatties down, and here’s what we …
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