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Help with the right tyre choice
Hi Guys,
Havent posted for a while but have been doing heaps of riding.
Im doing the Anaconda again this year and just have a few questions with regard to tyres. Ive got a Trance X1 and am still running the Nobby Nics that it came with. I have found them to be a pretty good tyre and havent lost the front end yet.
The ride leg of the anaconda isnt very technical compared to other ride legs and has a lot of open trail and gravel roads so i probably dont need such an aggresive tyre.
I come from a motocross background so am used to riding fast and loose so am happy to sacrifice some grip for less rolling resistance.
Can anyone recomend some well priced race tyres that will give me what im after??
Cheers Russ
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You can get a substantial improvement by running a low rolling resistance tyre on the back only. That way yiu keep yiu grio at the front. A common combo is Nobby Nic front and Racing Ralph rear.
Are you running tubeless? That helps both rolling resistance and grip. A lot.
Hi Hawkeye,
I hadnt even considered running just a less aggressive rear, so i will definatly look into it.
I know the trance is tubeless ready but not sure how to set it up. Is it tricky or is it best done by my LBS?
Cheers Rusty
Hawkeye is dead on the money. As option 2, the nobby nics are actually a pretty efficient tyre in the scheme of things and on my non race bike I put new nobby nics on the front and move the old front one to the rear.
You lose a little on the straights but gain a little on techy climbs because you don't spin out the rear
LBS if you're not mechanically inclined but it's not hard to do yourself. I've done it with a track pump with some tyres, but I use a compressor out of laziness and because its less finicky. For 10 bucks if you already have a track pump you can build a device that actually works better. Look up ghetto tubeless compresssor.
Youtube is a good help on the process.
Never had a tubeless setup but I'd imagine you could make a ghetto attachment for an air bed pump, those things boot out some serious air due to the massive barrel size.
... pumped to 80psi
That dumps some serious airflow to help beading up without blowing it off the rim
Thanks for the tips guys. Ill head down the LBS for a chat