What rear tire? IRC El Gato or Intense?

I hated the El Gato, just because it pinched flatted so much, how ever smoother riders such as the Theolonious monk loved that tire for a long time. I think there's a lot of better tires out there.....

 

The Michelin Comp24.

1200g ish, grippy as glue, great flat protection.

Shame they wear out pretty fast

 

Look rear tire is not the place to save wieght 24.1 or bust nothing else will do (cept some maxxis tires) but dont ask me about them, ask some one who hates maguras.

 

So it might be slightly overkill, durability is good. I would go with the michelin 24.1 or 16 soft myself. Maxxix Minion dh seems pretty awesome too in slow reezay. Intense tire would work fine though. I don't think they're nearly as sticky though.

 

you got two extreme ends of the spectrum with those choices. the el gato is a flimsy little beehotch school girl of a tire that will pinch flat if you look at it funny and the intense is an overgrown monster of a tire that will do to the rear of a bike what a kniffen fork will do to the front.

i would highly recomend the michelin 24.1 or the maxxis minion tires over both the intense 909 and the el gato. if you really wanted to pick between the gato and 909, go with the intense for sure.

 

with dh tires you can get away with 1" tubes. those are super light and cost next to nothing. i have them front and rear and for the 7 months ive ran this its been more than fine. and good choice on the dh tire. rear tires are no place to save weight. well you know what i mean.

 

I agree with Roman. I've been using 1-1.25 (I think) tubes since Andrew told me about them in summer and haven't gotten any more flats then with normal tubes. I also like the 24.1 Comp but I haven't tried out many other good tires. O I also got 10 tubes for $17 at jensonusa.com
Martin

 

use tioga factory dh2.3

 

no. well unless you love pinchflats and sliding around like your riding on ice.

who in the duece uses dh tubes with the minion tires? people without a clue? aside from downhill riders on their downhill bikes i have never heard of anyone doing this. all the trials riders i have ever seen with maxxis tires are running normal tubes.

 

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NO but seriously...TRA uses dh tubes in his maxxis, but hes a big fucking beast. I've run 1" tubes in the back for a long time now, which has always worked out...I also did the same in the front, but now I run a huge thorn proof tube because of all the front wheel moves that have fucked up my regular tubes.

 

i run an intense dh tube in my michelin...stfu.

haha..i havent pinched though, and i have hit some hardy shit... but the tube is still probably overkill

 

Those tire choices are the wrong ones I'm afraid. The El Gato is a piece of junk. I've seriously pinched that thing dropping 5' to FLAT GROUND! After three weeks of pinching on almost every ride I just took it off. That was like 2 years ago. A Worthless tire. Even with a DH tube it will still pinch every day.

Like everyne else said, there are really only two tires that are worth it for trials, Maxxis or Michelen.

Don't consider the Tioga Factory DH tires either. They don't grip on anything.
I used them for over a year before I discovered Maxxis and then I realized how much the Tioga was really holding me back.