Going Long and Hard.

mattybfat said:
Is that the hot tire combo of the week?
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This set is for a Carbon Beargrease, it's as beefy as we can fit in the rear otherwise he'd have matching D5s.

But yes, the VanHelga is a SICK tire. I personally may not go back to a D5 in the rear 😀

-Jim.
 
I been banging my head against the wall with a summer tire choice. Plan to stay on 90mm rims and looking for lighter rolling tire.
 
jimvreeland said:
This set is for a Carbon Beargrease, it's as beefy as we can fit in the rear otherwise he'd have matching D5s.

But yes, the VanHelga is a SICK tire. I personally may not go back to a D5 in the rear 😀

-Jim.
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After watching the VanHelga at Marty's, it made me a firm believe it was the 4" bud and lou

Wheels look good Jim, I am crossing my fingers someone does I9's with colored straight pulls soon.
 
jimvreeland said:
This set is for a Carbon Beargrease, it's as beefy as we can fit in the rear otherwise he'd have matching D5s.

But yes, the VanHelga is a SICK tire. I personally may not go back to a D5 in the rear 😀

-Jim.
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Are those 90's or 80's going on the beargrease?
 
90's.

I don't think I'd run the 90's with a 4" tire during the summer. I did it for a little bit and the rims aren't covered enough by the tire. Maybe the VanHelga will give enough cover but I wouldn't trust anything narrower. We got in 2 sets of the 65mm ones and they're really nice, STUPID LIGHT!! One of them is for me but I need to spend a little more time on eBay before I can build them up.
 
mattybfat said:
I been banging my head against the wall with a summer tire choice. Plan to stay on 90mm rims and looking for lighter rolling tire.
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I've been running an Ultralight Larry in the front for the past few seasons, it's a phenomenal tire. A little too shallow for the rear so I usually run a D4 or HuDu. Works very well in pretty much any conditions. There are some lighter tires coming down the pike but I'll need to see them for myself, even running something like an Escalator is horrific in rocks so I'd rather stay around the 1200 gram range. My bike is light enough to not matter, with 65mm rims it'll be 22 pounds 😀
 
I am looking at the Knard with the 4.8 coming out it looks to be a decent choice for the road to trail combo.
 
jimvreeland said:
90's.

I don't think I'd run the 90's with a 4" tire during the summer. I did it for a little bit and the rims aren't covered enough by the tire. Maybe the VanHelga will give enough cover but I wouldn't trust anything narrower. We got in 2 sets of the 65mm ones and they're really nice, STUPID LIGHT!! One of them is for me but I need to spend a little more time on eBay before I can build them up.
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Cool. I have it in the back of my mind that the new kenda's are going to split the difference between the 4's and the 5's. Probably wishful thinking. Just trying to find the "glass slipper" to my 170 rear.
 
Juggernaut said:
Cool. I have it in the back of my mind that the new kenda's are going to split the difference between the 4's and the 5's. Probably wishful thinking. Just trying to find the "glass slipper" to my 170 rear.
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You have to see it in person, but that VanHelga on a 90mm rim is WIDE. Look at the picture of my bike a few posts up. It's noticeably bigger than a Dillinger4. In the wheel pic it looks almost the same size as a D5.
 
This wormhole gets deeper daily.

I am a pretty big fan of the fatties, not sure I am willing to do the 2.75-3.25 thing yet.

Although those 65mm nexties have me thinking, but they are less than 100 grams lighter than the marge lites I run now.....hmmm
 
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God damn is that Turquoise nice!!
 
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