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Morning All,
Feeling skinwall curious so lets have some skinwall tyre action going on.
In particular on a silver/raw frame but anything will do.
not mine, but one will be soon. 
White walls on raw chrome are cooler .
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Really bad pic and it’s a road bike not a mtb but it is silver 😁
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If you google “ 90’s mtb’s that time forgot “ you should find some tan wall tyre pictures.
But even then, everyone was moving to black wall tyres because they just looked better. I think even my Panaracer Smoke & Dart had black sidewalls....
Old tyres. Challenge Strava Bianca.
New tyres. Ritchey Alpine JB WCS. Also includes addition of a Brooks flap.
Victoria Corsa G+
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I've some grey walls, can I play?
Looks like my old panaracers are back in fashion 😂
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And another. Taken minutes ago as I'm prepping for a trip.
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My retro mod Sar'cin
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loving the saracen.
None of them look any better for having skinwalls...
Skinwalls should be mandatory 🙂
Raw, rusty and skinwalled.
@scotroutes @fudge9202 @crewlie What are the WTB tyres you have on please? They look just the ticket for my mainly road with some fun bits commute.
@daffy but none of them look any worse either 😉
Keep em coming guys!
My tyres are WTB Byways. 650 x 47
Mine were byways also but changed to Soma Cazadero which according to reviews were better for grip. I’ve went back to 700c so if you want them they are brand new for £40 posted
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@stayhigh Mine are 700 45c Riddlers, pleased so far but haven't done too many miles yet. Not the easiest to set up tubeless, but that might have been just me 😐
I have some IRC redwall tyres from the 90s somewhere. They match nothing.
I built this up for my good lady, hence the saddle choice.
I may actually be a convert now.
The vast majority of the bikes above actually look really good with skin walls.👍
None of them look any better for having skinwalls…
Most look a lot worse as the skin walls clash and makes the bike look a bit busy unless it is a very understated bike. Some of the colourful frames look pretty bad but if OPs frame is silver with black parts they may get away with it.
Skinwalls are 32.47% better.
This is a science fact.
Newly arrived this week. First thing was to get the brake lines swapped over because left/front would kill me the first time I tried to brake.
It's snowing today so I haven't had chance to take it out yet, but I will soon!
ETA: OK, how do I link to a google pic?
Oh and my old Silk Road
It worked! As-yet unridden; hoping to get out this week and get everything set up/ adjusted.
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definitely being swayed to the tan side!
Some of your pics aren't loading though?
Carlton
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No photo but I can recommend the Schwalbe Ones in skinwall. They are a bit darker and more robust to dirt than my previous Vitorias. Really nice look.
Flippin' love skinwalls. Brings out the 90's teenager in me!
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Panaracer Gravel Kings
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Onza Canis
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I walked up Ingleborough from Ingleton on Saturday and 4 or 5 blokes came hurtling down the lane on bikes.
Most of them were on FS but the coolest guy by far was the bloke on the green HT with skinwall tyres.
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TBH I'm not a big fan of the skinwalls on normal MTBs, though the Nates on fatbikes look great.
Not really a fan of skinwalls here either - my son quite likes his though:
My friend's son has the same Commencal, it's a fantastic little kid's bike. that
copperpot what bike is that?
It started out as a Ridgeback Tempest from around 2005, it was my summer project in 2018. Built up out of bits from my parts box. I've set it up as a single speed commuter.
Here's a few other pictures of it.
Got some Billy Bonkers for the DBR Axis TT.
Good Lord - there’s some ugly bikes on this thread! Although there are also some nice skinwall tires 😛
Was gonna buy some WTB Nano TCS skin walls the other week. Saved £15 by sticking with black ones though.
I know cool story eh....
I don’t really like them to be honest, but my gravel thing came with 650b Byways and I don’t hate them enough to change them.
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My 700c wheels do have all black tyres though.
OOPS
Now with flat bars, flat pedals and a flatter saddle
That Kingdom lefty is nice.
My (old) gravel bike:
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And the not black but not tan wall option of 'anthracite wall' tyres 😀
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They do dull down over time with mud/wear though.
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I do like a skinwall - the mtb really wouldn't suit them though, I know my limits
"SKIN" wall tyres.
#everydayracism