Hi,
I seem to recall someone on this listserv (David Maxfield maybe?) that had tried the Love 24x3"
semi-tubeless tire.
Just wondering what it was like compared to the Gazz.
Also, has anyone here used or seen a Duro brand 24x3" tire (Model DB1006).
Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
Kris.
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duro 24*3
Yeah, im using one at the moment,
Wasn’t my first choice, i would have preferred a gazz, but australia is crap for getting gazaloddi tyres in.
The duros good though, it has a rounder profile than a gazz does, which is a down point, being on a unicycle. and i havent pinched it doing trials yet, so its pretty tuff, it has a pinch resistant fold over the top of the rim.
With the profile, im running it on a sun rhinolight, i wasn’t sure if you could run a brake on a double wide, so i went with the rhino, a double wide would probably give it a better profile!
James
Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
Yes that is the Duro Leopard but ours are branded as the Halo Contra, I
didn’t know that it was tubeless, it doesn’t say so on the side but it does
say in small letters DB1006-1 on the side. It is what I ride on and what
the UDC Max Tractions come with as standard. They are not as square as the
Gaz and have a very rounded profile in comparison. They are not quite as
wide as the Gaz either, I think Neil has the sizes on his site.
http://wobbling.unicycist.com/ I like them for what I do. As I have
mentioned before they have a really nice way of clipping onto the rim, very
secure and good for low pressures.
http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=15
Roger
The UK’s Unicycle Source
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From: “Kris Holm” <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:28 AM
Subject: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
> Hi,
>
> I seem to recall someone on this listserv (David Maxfield maybe?) that had
tried the Love 24x3"
> semi-tubeless tire.
>
> Just wondering what it was like compared to the Gazz.
>
> Also, has anyone here used or seen a Duro brand 24x3" tire (Model DB1006).
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kris.
>
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Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
Have you seen the Gazz up close? How “deep” is the Duro tire in comparison (ie does it have the
same outer diameter, overall, as the Gazz).
Are the sidewalls about the same stiffness?
-Kris.
— jimmytrialsrider <jimmytrialsrider.25x3m@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, im using one at the moment,
>
> Wasn’t my first choice, i would have preferred a gazz, but australia is
> crap for getting gazaloddi tyres in.
>
> The duros good though, it has a rounder profile than a gazz does, which
> is a down point, being on a unicycle. and i havent pinched it doing
> trials yet, so its pretty tuff, it has a pinch resistant fold over the
> top of the rim.
>
> With the profile, im running it on a sun rhinolight, i wasn’t sure if
> you could run a brake on a double wide, so i went with the rhino, a
> double wide would probably give it a better profile!
>
> James
>
>
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Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
I’ve been using the Love semi-tubeless tire in a 26 X 2.7. It is so heavy it
makes my Gazz Jr feel like a Monty. Its weight premium makes it a
single-purpose tire. I made the mistake of trying in on some crosscountry
singletrack in Louisiana, and I thought I was going to die. It was like
riding a Coker that had its tire full of water. Hopping on the Love tire is
something you hate. It is a dead weight–not any bounce at all.
The semi-tubeless is achieved by welding a flap inside the tire to make an
inner tube. The outside of the tube is the tire itself. The inner part of
the tube is the welded in flap. The tube is partially filled with
slime–hence the weight.
So, when would you use this tire? Maybe never… or maybe on a downhill
course where you wanted especially low tire pressure–like down a sand
dune??? down steep, loose scree???
I think the idea of sliming a unicycle tire might be one of those bad ideas
we’ve all heard about.
David Maxfield
Bainbridge Island, WA
Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
I’ve been using the Love semi-tubeless tire in a 26 X 2.7. It is so heavy it
makes my Gazz Jr feel like a Monty. Its weight premium makes it a
single-purpose tire. I made the mistake of trying in on some crosscountry
singletrack in Louisiana, and I thought I was going to die. It was like riding
a Coker that had its tire full of water. Hopping on the Love tire is something
you hate. It is a dead weight–not any bounce at all.
The semi-tubeless is achieved by welding a flap inside the tire to make an
inner tube. The outside of the tube is the tire itself. The inner part of the
tube is the welded in flap. The tube is partially filled with slime–hence the
weight.
So, when would you use this tire? Maybe never… or maybe on a downhill course
where you wanted especially low tire pressure–like down a sand dune??? down
steep, loose scree??? You can run it with 10 pounds of pressure or less.
In general, I think the idea of sliming a unicycle tire might be one of those
bad ideas we’ve all heard about.
David Maxfield
Bainbridge Island, WA
Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
maxfieldd@aol.com (Maxfield D) wrote in
news:20020327173747.00535.00000678@mb-md.aol.com:
> In general, I think the idea of sliming a unicycle tire might be one
> of those bad ideas we’ve all heard about.
I slimed my 20" and 26", and will be sliming the Fireball so the urban
road hazards don’t leave my tires flat. I’ll deal with a bit of extra
weight to keep from having to walk. Actually, the only flat I’ve gotten
recently was on my bicycle when some thorny things laying on the ground got
stuck in the tire. I was just riding through the grass at my apartment
complex on my way home, and didn’t figure that an innocent ride through
mowed grass would hurt anything, but that’s what got me. There were 3 of
them in my front tire, and I have since put tire liners in the bike tires.
Maybe liners weigh less than slime?
John
Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
I use liners on my bicycles. I’ve never used slime before getting the Love
tires. The challenge I guess I have with slime in unicycle tires is that it
makes them un-bouncy. I like to leap, and slimed tires seem really dead–as if
the slime acts to damp any rebound.
Are your slimed tires still lively? I would especially want a Fireball to be
lively. A big volume tire like a Fireball is the most fun to hop with.
David Maxfield
Bainbridge Island, WA
Can the Love tire be used without the slime?
on the the slime topic,i have have seen tires that had all the slime in one big glob because the wheel sat in one place to long and it all flowed with gravity to the bottom.
rotating the wheel did’nt help.maybe slime has got better since then but the stuff is still toxic waste in my book.
Re: input needed on Love 24x3" Tires
>Can the Love tire be used without the slime?
It came with the slime already in it. It is also not an especially large volume
tire.
David Maxfield
Bainbridge Island, WA