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Looking for some tyres for a mates bike. He's about 120kg and rides road/gravel very light XC. Has a sort of hybrid mountain bike. Currently riding wtb ranger but sidewall is too soft and he has no confidence in them.
Will be running tubes
maxxis aggressors with double down casing, is about the best rolling tyre with a really substantial sidewall that I can think of. Most of the substantial tyres are downhill oriented, which may not fit well with a hybrid type bike. Maybe something like a marathon emotion, a touring tyre for ebikes might suit.
Heavier innertubes can help with less substantial tyres, as can owning a track pump to make keeping a higher tyre pressure easier.
WTB Trail Boss tough/fast.
Schwalbe Hans Dampf in supergravity carcass (or maybe the new supertrail carcass would do).
Have a look at those treads and see if they look suitable? Both roll pretty fast.
Cheers, will look at those recommendations. Might start with thicker tubes, see how that goes
Eh?
I'm 110 in my birthday suit and run specialized ground control in summer (not the light 2bliss), then a dissector & dhf in the sticky compounds (not sure about the dissector tbh).
Surely those others are overkill for the riding described?
Cheers, will look at those recommendations. Might start with thicker tubes, see how that goes
For someone of his build, tubeless will make a big difference, even better with some decent inserts. I appreciate that may not be a cheap solution if his current wheels aren't tubeless ready, but would probably be worth it in the long run... Thicker inner tubes will only make so much difference.
As for tyres, well there's not that many fast rolling tyres out there with tougher casings (usually a tougher casing is necessitated by those riding more extreme terrain, and hence the tread patterns are more aggressive too), but both the Schwalbe Nobby Nic and the Wicked Will are available in the Super Trail casing (not quite as full on as the Super Gravity, but substantially more robust than the Super Ground or Super Race) and are remarkably fast rolling treads for the amount of grip they have. The choice is easier if he doesn't mind more aggressive treads though, albeit some rolling speed will be sacrificed.
160kg here and use schwalbe johnny watts 29x2.6 (although the 2.35 version would do) for exactly that type of riding.
Setup tubeless with no issues in over 700 miles so far
I'm also 120Kg and have use a load of different tyres over about 4 bikes & build variants during the last 12 months.
None felt like they had tyres that were too weak and that included (the best combo for me at the time) Racing Ralph/Ray combo in 2.1" on a gravel type build similar to what your mate is riding.
Is it really the tyres giving up, or is he running the pressure too low and/or the wheel build strong enough?
I'm around the same kind of weight and have never felt the need to run anything heavier than EXO casings, tubeless. And at pretty low pressures. Admittedly, I'm not the most aggressive rider, so your mate should consider that.
Im not in the same weight category as your mate but i do have a tendency to pick clumsy, rocky lines when I'm out on my XC 29er hardtail which is worse because i dont like running high tyre pressures either...as such as i was quite happy with the grip, weight etc of a racing ralph on the rear but ended up destroying it and causing various ring dings. Didn't want to compromise on tyre pressure or routes so i took a punt on a Smart Sam designed for ebikes https://e-biketires.com/en/e-mtb-reader/smart-sam-plus.html
Went with 2.25 width, run it tubeless and it's been great: no squirming, decent sidewalls, obviously heavier but its been very reliable in the year+ ive now had it on the rear.
Reckon for a heavier but predominantly gravel/road ride it would be a good choice
115kg unit, rigid drop bar 29er with the same tyres. Light and fast casing. 29x2.25, usually somewhere around 28psi. Same sort of riding with the addition of a big dose underbiking on MTB trails. No problems here. As said before.. is it a pressure issue?
125kg rider here with WTB Rangers in 2.4 flavour on a rigid hard tail. Gets used for road, gravel, tow path, and mild trails. No issues with the sidewall at all. The grip usually runs out before the sidewall falls over.
The old Schwalbe Rockrazor Supergravity would make him a perfect rear I think. Harder to find now. I don't rate the new range- though, his use is different from mine- but the old model was just brilliant. Hands down the best fast rear tyre I've ever used
(one of the reasons they're hard to find is that I've sucked up all the old stock 😉 I reckon I've got a few years supply in my rubber dungeon)
I’m a biffer yet no probs with Conti Race King Protection (tubed). (2.1/2.2?)
Good volume, fast as. Light and yet v few punctures.