slick tire bad for moab?

You might want some knobbys, yeah. A slick tire could be usable on
slickrock (slickrock is like sandpaper) but on the other rides there
will be a lot of loose kinda dirt around.

You might like a tire like the Kenda Kolossal 2.6 better. I'll trade
ya. 🙂

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forrestunifreak said:

You might like a tire like the Kenda Kolossal 2.6 better. I'll trade ya.
🙂

haha, no thanks😉

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What exactly [I]is[I] moab? From what i can gather it's some sort of
annual MUni event, can someone confirm this for me?


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[quote="mawesome"]What exactly [I]is[I] moab? From what i can gather it's some sort of
annual MUni event, can someone confirm this for me?[/quote]


'Google'd' (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=moab+muni)
yes


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Moab is a city in Southern Utah very well known in the MTBike world as a
MTbike haven. It's smack dab in between Canyonlands and Arch lands
National Parks.

Great place to mountain uni too, in fact.

Moab Munifest is just that-a muni festival in the town of Moab.

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You'll want the 3" tyre for Moab. Moab is more than just the slickrock
trail loop. The other trails are rocky and bumpy and stair steppy.
The 3" tyre will make the trail riding much more fun cause you'll be
able to plow over bumps and be more aggressive down the stair step
bits.

The Porcupine Rim trail is a mix of rocky stair steps and dirt. It
isn't "slickrock". I don't know what the Sunday ride trail is like,
but I doubt it is slickrock. The only slickrock ride is scheduled for
Friday.

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id say bring both... you know just in case

Chase

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Ok, thanks you guys.

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Brett Bymaster needed a new tire on our first Moab visit, in 2001. I
think he ended up buying the slick to try it out (on his Pashley) but
the guy in the shop, who was a trials bike rider and unicyclist, made a
funny quote, something like: "Rain, slickrock and unicycles? Bad
combination."

We were worried it was going to rain, but it didn't quite. If it rains,
you won't be happy with a slick tire. Also, as mentioned already, the
other Moab trails, like Porcupine rim, are on "regular" dirt & rocks,
so the slick won't be the best choice for there.

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When you're riding Slickrock itself, any tire will grip. Just don't try
riding on your metal rim, as then you'll understand the origins of the
term "slick rock". You'll also understand the term "pain" better if
you're trying to ride on your rim, so it's just a bad idea all around.

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johnfoss said:

"Rain, slickrock and unicycles? Bad combination."

And speaking of rain, Moab is getting snow right now, so I'm not sure
what the weather will be like by the time the MUni Fest arrives. Does
anyone know what the trails are like when wet?

Up here a few hours North, I can't go for any trail rides as they are
all covered in snow (with more snow in the forecast). I guess there
goes my training schedule. 🙁

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paco said:

And speaking of rain, Moab is getting snow right now, so I'm not sure
what the weather will be like by the time the MUni Fest arrives. Does
anyone know what the trails are like when wet?

For Moab Muni Fest 2003 there were some small patches of snow (in the
shady areas) on the first part of the Porcupine Rim trail. Not enough
to even really notice unless you looked for it. If I remember
correctly, George Barnes rode the Porcupine Rim trail that year about
two weeks before the Moab Muni Fest and there was snow on the trail.

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i hope there isn't snow...we just got enouph snow here to make u puik!

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Im runniung a kenda kenetics 2.6, with maggies is, is this enough

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unicyclistben said:

Im runniung a kenda kenetics 2.6, with maggies is, is this enough

That's what I'll be running. It'll be fine.

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