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I've read that some people place the tire on their muni with the tread
facing backwards, is this common? I'm not really sure how much of a
traction improvement this would have. Also, until I can upgrade my
current uni, does anyone happen know if a 2.125" tire would fit on the
Torker LX 24", if not I suppose I can just give it a shot. Thanks for
you time, happy muni'ing everyone.


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Brian O. wrote:
> *I've read that some people place the tire on their muni with the
> tread facing backwards, is this common? *
LOL, yeah, by accident! On one MUni ride, we noticed that two out of
the three riders had their Gazz's on backwards. None were intentional.
I suppose that makes it an uphill tire.

I don't know if anyone does this on purpose. I can't think of how it
would make it better.


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Brian O. wrote:
> *Wonderful thanks for the reply. I never expected to go that wide but
> I wonder just how wide one could go, I doubt anything above 2.3 dont
> you? Just how knobby is your tire? *


IMPORTANT: what LX do you have? '04 rounded frame, or '05 square
frame?

On the 05 you can fit a 2.3" tire pretty easy, provided its not too
knobby. The Kenda K-rad 2.3 would be good.


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I used it off road for two years. Worked good for me.

What it lacks in tread it makes up for in volume. In other words, you
could get a knobbier tire, but it wouldnt be as wide and therefore
wouldnt grab as much, worse on drops, etc.

So on the LX you can go for wide tire, or knobby tire, but not much on
both at once.

Go ahead and check out the specialized spanky tire or whatever, I'll bet
you could fit a wider version of that.


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If I recall correctly (and I'm not promising that I do) the tire
direction has something to do with being either the drive tire or
steering tire... Like on a bike it would go backwards if mounted on the
front... I don't think it would matter much on a uni... my Duro is
mounted rotating the "correct" way and I haven't had a problem with
it...


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I ran a high pressure Duro on very smooth cement (and sticky traction)
and felt a significant difference.
After flipping the tire to go "forwards", it was better.
As for M-uni, I never felt a difference.


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