29 inch - summer only?

General
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I headed out last night on my 29er for a nice long ride, but discovered at a great cost in muddy gear that my 29" tyre is crap in mud.

I’m riding a notos 29", which is the only 29" tyre you can get in the UK. When you hit much mud it just flollops sideways as soon as it gets at all deep. I was having to hop out of mud way more than I should have been and falling off like a very falling off thing.

It’s great in summer, but unless some other tyre comes out, it’s always going to be a bit sketchy in winter which is a big pity, cos that’s when I’d really like the extra speed.

grrr,

Joe

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Does anyone know of any other 29’ tyres?
Would a cyclocross-tyre be even worse than the IRC Notos for off road mud? I’m getting one real soon (a 29’ that is). Luckily it’s summer over here :smiley: The problem is actually that things are drying up and it’s getting really loose even for my 26’ Gazz. How does the 29’Notos do on steep/loose/dry fire-roads?

Ken

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Conversely I’ve just put one of my 29" tyres on my cyclocross b*ke !

I’ve a 29" IRC Notos and a WTB Nanoraptor - which I feel is worse in mud, the closely spaced tread, fills up quickly.

Leo White, Cheltenham

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Here’s a picture of the WTB Nanoraptor tread pattern …

Leo White

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Cool thanks Leo- I’ll go check them both out. There should be a full range of IRC and WTB tyres available in NZ.

Ken

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Re: 29 inch - summer only?

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 03:20:31 -0600, joemarshall
<joemarshall.evhsb@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

>It’s great in summer, but unless some other tyre comes out, it’s always
>going to be a bit sketchy in winter which is a big pity, cos that’s when
>I’d really like the extra speed.

If that implies that you desire more speed in winter than in summer I
am really curious as to why?

Klaas Bil

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Re: Re: 29 inch - summer only?

Because it’s jolly cold out there and I want to stay warm.

I’ve got a cyclocross tyre (michelin mud) which is okay for riding mud on the flat but doesn’t like riding on anything difficult, it’s very narrow.

There’s a wtb motoraptor 29" which might be better.

The notos 29" is lovely in the summer.

Joe

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Re: 29 inch - summer only?

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 06:09:31 -0600, joemarshall
<joemarshall.f19nm@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

>
>Klaas Bil wrote:
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>> If that implies that you desire more speed in winter than in summer
>> I
>> am really curious as to why?
>>
>> [/B]
>
>
>Because it’s jolly cold out there and I want to stay warm.

If you would get more speed from revving harder on the same size wheel
I guess you would stay warmer. But I understood that you wanted a 29"
(as opposed to 24" I presumed) especially in winter, and that puzzled
me because I think that getting more speed by having a larger wheel
(at roughly the same RPM) doesn’t make you any warmer due to more “air
cooling”. But I may be wrong.

Klaas Bil

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