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Well I never thought I would say this, but I need a tyre for dusty trail!
Being a long time Conti fan I'm after a Race King for the rear. Thing is do I go for a 2.0 or a 2.2 (which looked massively wide to me). I'm on FS, and usual favour a thinner rear tyre.
Cheers for any advice!
They are quite large volume, mine looks like a balloon. Fast rolling, but not much fun braking on rough ground as i find it locks up easily du to the slick (ish)profile
Mine is a 2.2 and its not so much the width as the 'height' of the tyre. Its massive.
I have the 2.2 and its wide but not huge, a fair bit smaller than my 2.3 specialized tyres.
Cheers! Has anyone tried a 2.0? Is it too narrow?
I have 2.0 front and back, ace for cross country you wont regret it! I run them quite hard tho 45ish, so if your looking for a plusher ride as always, go larger
Cheers! Think I'll be keeping the 2.2 X King up front. Mainly XC and some trail centre use.
2.0 race king is pretty narrow but then so is the 2.2 x-king.
I can mount some to compare widths if that helps
I used to run the 2.0 on my XC bike, both with tubes and tubeless. I found I had problems with the sidewalls deforming on the last 2 tyres I used so I switched to a Kenda Small block 8 which proved to be a much stronger (and faster rolling) tyre.
I've ordered one of the 2.0 normal folding tyres thanks. I was using the Race Speed versions of Conti's, but with the sidewalls cutting so easily I thought I'd try the normal versions for now.
[i]which looked massively wide to me[/i]
compared to what? I've a 2.2 on the back of my Cham at the minute, and it's no bigger than any other large volume tyre.
Just mounted an x-king 2.2 protection and race king 2.2 supersonic on DT 4.2d rims.
2.2 RK is pretty similar in casing width to 2.2 XK, but theres probably an extra 1/2 inch of casing height from the RK!
Thats the decision maker for me. Potentially drop a couple of psi off the larger casing height tyre to maintain pinch flat resistance yet achieve better rolling resistance on all but pavement.
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Both tires up against the wall.. so, difference you see is total diameter difference.
Would Make mine into a 29'er! 😉
Hoping the 2.0 isn't to much narrower, hopefully just not as high!
2.0 likely will be a bunch narrower if 2.2 - 2.4 x-king comparison or 2.2 - 2.4 MKII comparison is anything to go by.
Larger diameter in 26 is a good thing imo - yes, I'm a 27.5 fan and believer in wider/taller/lower psi being better in all circumstances (except tarmac)