You are hereForums / By Discipline / Mountain (off road) / MTB Gear / Anyone need thorn-proof tyres?
Anyone need thorn-proof tyres?
Just got an email from a mate of mine in Zimbabwe, who is constantly fighting the battle against thorns, and searching for the ultimate thorn-proof solution.
He thinks he's found it:
"After many years off trying various tyres; Tubeless and Tubed… I now pronounce the toughest tubeless tyre in the world to be the Maxxis Crossmark tyre ….
This (see photos) was found under the mud after washing this afternoon… I remember a bit of a hiss about 8 kms from the finish yesterday… I thought it was just another of many thorns.
But anyway – it got me to the finish and was still holding about 0.9 bar today…
By the way – the slime was NOT Stans or Joes or Als – but good old Green Slime – I have used it for may years on UST tires. (It is not great for tubed tyre conversions)"
- Login to post comments
- Bookmark & share
Nice looking piercing, adds a bit of bling bling to the bike
That bling would be considered and upgrade on my SS.