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Tyre Choice & Rotorua
Hey all,
With health issues keeping me off the bike most of summer I'm just getting back on the steed and swapped out my Front tyre to a Kenda Nevegal, thinking that it would offer some good mud clearing attributes, though the thing is, since putting it on I have slid the front tyre out pretty much every ride. Now I'm a rider that stacks often but am thinking this is getting too much and never usually stack by sliding the front tyre out.
So Question is, Is the Nevegal a generally slippery tyre for Sydney riding conditions ? I'm running it tubelss at about 30-33 psi. Am half tempted to put the Larsen back on but will persevere if the general consensus is that it is a good tyre and will put the issue I'm having to a loss of skills ?
Finally am going to Rotorua in March Tyres I've got are Crossmark, Larsen and of course Nevegal ( all UST). For those familiar with Rotorua what combo would you run ??
Thanks
Sam
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Crossmark at the back and a monorail up front and never had one issue at Rotorua. That's in dry conditions.
Enjoy!!!!
I had a crossmark rear and Ikon front and it was perfect in the dry as it's mostly hardpack and loamy pine needles. In the mud they got a little out of their depth but still held in there. There seems to be a bit of feedback about the Nevegals which supports what you're saying in they can be scary at times. As an aside I moved to the Ikon front from a Monorail and it's a very positive move, the Monorail often washed out on me but the Ikon is a lot more confident
When I went to Rotorua I ran Kenda SB8 UST front and Rear, they were fine, no dramas, rode in the wet and the dry...
I ran RR front and rear 2.4" at Rotorua with no complaints.
I used to ride a Nevegal on the front, and a Xmark or SB8 rear. The Nevegal responded well to aggressive cornering techniques. Lean it over to get the side knobs to bite. In the transitional region I found they could get skatey.
Before doing anything else, lower the pressure on your Nevegal and you should experience quite a change on grip.
30-33 is just too much for a tubeless front tyre unless you are quite a clydesdale.
You did not mention the size of the nevegal, but even the 2.1s have good volume so take the pressure down and have fun. As a starting point I'd take it to 25 and tweak from there. I weight 80Kg and use 22f/27r on 2.1 Racing Ralphs and never had a problem.
You do have to pay more attention to your tyres when running low pressures (check them before every ride) as if too soft you may experience burping.
+1 to pressures possibly being too high. I run a 2.25 NN on the front and when I first set it at the 30psi I was used to running the Ignitor at, it was downright scary and I was wondering about the wisdom of my choice.
Dropping to 25 after some advice from the guys here was definitely an improvement and I've settled on that. Some comments from the guys that going too much lower can see the rubber roll off the rim, but reading about leopafe successfully running 2.1s at 22, I might try losing a few psi and see what transpires. I'm not an aggressive cornerer.
Won't be going below 20 though, I have noticed the rear tends to flex around a bit over the rocky sections along the Wakehurst Parkway section of Manly Dam at the lower end of the range I run on the back (28-32psi) so don;t want to tempt fate on the front..
Thanks Guys,
Am running a 2.1 so will play around with the pressure, and hopefully see a reduction in bark loss !!!!