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After a quick search, i couldn't find quite what i wanted, sooo...

My Glory is getting a bit of a makeover at the moment. Picked my new wheels up yesterday, and i'm wondering which tyres to have. I'm going for a real lighweight build.

I currently have some newish 2.5 DH16's. Would it save very much by changing to 2.2's?
Are highrollers lighter than DH16s? (the 2.35's)
I really like the grip and feel of DH16's, which is why im tempted to stay with the same. But suggestions of others are welcome.

There are plans for wetscreams for the wet days too. Or would swampys be better? Again, does anyone know the difference in weight?

Cheers,
James

Im not sure whats lighter but i would go for the Highrollers.

two words, continental rubber queens'; light and fast rolling performance btu costly due to them being handmade in germany but are very classy treads for your glory.

they shouldn't go in the same sentance  ;)

just go for highrollers, they are the ultimate allround tire, i have 2.35 supertackys and carnt falt em, they keep me glued to the deck in the dry and wet  ;D

Youll only ever need 2 pairs of tyes. Minions for the dry/stones/clay, when it dosent really matter so much about weight. And cut down spikes for anything else. Theyre really good alround tyres. Do heaps towards improving your riding too.

I take it you have never riddden on contis then, they do come up a tad small but at 2.4" that isn't a bad thing surely.

depends which ones your talking about  ;)

Well they do  ;)
Or, shall i say, will.
I'll post the results up when i've finished.

jim bob got it in one or should i say two
J

Funnily enough theya re called rubber queens like mentioned in my first post on this thread if you read :P

Best bet may be some single ply Maxxis High rollers, run tubeless?

Im a 15 year old kid do you think i can afford handmade tires, how ever i do have a pair of conti gravitys which i can only praise, gripy and super hard waring (been on 3 bikes lol and still got most tread left) however are slow rolling and tend to be awful in bone dry/dusty conditions and also in very wet conditions.

High Roller FTW!

The best tyre ever. I doubt i will ever run anything else.

Im a 15 year old kid do you think i can afford handmade tires, how ever i do have a pair of conti gravitys which i can only praise, gripy and super hard waring (been on 3 bikes lol and still got most tread left) however are slow rolling and tend to be awful in bone dry/dusty conditions and also in very wet conditions.

that's a load of tosh you just mentioned, (not that I have tried them contis but I have tried 4 different other kinds of contis and they have all rolled pretty damn fast imho. ::)

Pomaz, http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/Product/64/TYC00164/UKBikestore/ContinentalRubberQueen26x24Folding.html
I'm sure you should be able to afford them.

Minty, what sort of size do they come out at? As you mentioned a bit smaller...
Similar to the maxxis 2.35?


I think tacky wetscreams will be on their way soon, that way they'll wear down a bit, not requiring a cut.
Now its just the decision on the dry/damp condition tyre...

James

hmm so your saying my opinion is tosh based on the fact you have tried other conti tyres but not this one, nice one

No belive me, i can barely afford the £20 for a tacky high roller.

Get working then!



I've ridden the diesel, and its one of the worst gripping tyres i've ridden. And the gravitys have a similar tread pattern.

Now lets not turn this into a bitching competition, and get back to the main point.

Does anyone know any weights of tyres?

Weight Weenies should have the weights on there.

Although.. if all this matter that much to you go Tubeless?
Surely that will cut out more weight than just buying light weight tires and innertubes

The rubber queens would come up at a 2.3" approx in reality as opposed to the stated 2.4" as they measure it slightly differently, if not more accurately than others imo.

Also the weight for a rubber queen, your looking at approx 870grms each tyre iirc.
A great saving may I point out over maxxis's own offering.

pomaz, - the gravity is infact the only conti tyre I have not tried but believe me all their other's do roll exceptionally well and are super lightweight for the quality your getting. :)

Nah not really, as i'll need the kit to put inside, which will be similar to an xc tube.
And i'll be changing between tyres a fair bit...