There have been a lot of threads recently with talk of the tyres for the
various 36ers (Coker, Qu-ax, Nimbus) and theer are a lot of people who
ride a variety of different set ups here.
Currently there are only 2 tyres available, The wheels TA and the
Coker. However, with recent problems with variation in both tyre size
and rim size there is only one tyre available for a number of us.
The TA which is the only tyre to fit on the latest batch of Airfoil
rims is great for road riding but in my experience it is useless in the
wet. riding over mud or grass it just slides around.
Now a lot of people use 36ers for crosss country type riding and if
there is only the TA available then that is restrictive. If enough
people were to write to tyre manufacturers such as Kenda or Maxxis, it
is possible that one of them would agree to produce a decent cross
country tyre for a 36 inch wheel.
I would love to try a 36 inch Kenda Klaw, the 29 is great and comes as
standard on the KH 29 which is ideal for cross country.
To get an idea of how popular it could be, how many people would be
interested in a decent 36 inch XC tyre? With such a limited range
available would it be in the best interests of one of the major
manufacturers producing a tyre like this?
Plumsie
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