Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:13 pm
It's been a while since we've seen a tire thread and there's a new tire to throw in the mix with the ITP GNCC. So, what do you think? Which one's best? Ideally, someone could chime in with personal experience on more than one of the tires. I'm thinking mostly about rears right now, so...
Maxxis Razor
or
Maxxis Razor II
or
Maxxis I-Razor
or
Holeshot HD
or
Holeshot GNCC
or
Holeshot XCR
If you noticed, I'm thinking about tires related to xc riding and racing. I'd probably be all for the GNCC, but I'm worried it may be very soft and wouldn't hold up well to trail riding and by the time a race came up, it would be worn out. I've about worn out a set of XCR's and I've been pretty happy with them. They seem to have good forward bite and pretty predictable sliding. I had a set of Razors on a Warrior long ago and felt like they were great at first, but after the edges got rounded off, the traction dropped off a good bit. But, that was on a Warrior, so it isn't a very good comparison. Looking at Duane Johnson's set up in Dirt wheels, I think he was running the Razor, though. So, I'm puzzled.
I had been looking to the HD as my next set of rears, they look like they'd have great traction in the ruts, but the tread is so tight, it looks like it may pack up real bad and be a turd in the mud.
??????
Maxxis Razor
or
Maxxis Razor II
or
Maxxis I-Razor
or
Holeshot HD
or
Holeshot GNCC
or
Holeshot XCR
If you noticed, I'm thinking about tires related to xc riding and racing. I'd probably be all for the GNCC, but I'm worried it may be very soft and wouldn't hold up well to trail riding and by the time a race came up, it would be worn out. I've about worn out a set of XCR's and I've been pretty happy with them. They seem to have good forward bite and pretty predictable sliding. I had a set of Razors on a Warrior long ago and felt like they were great at first, but after the edges got rounded off, the traction dropped off a good bit. But, that was on a Warrior, so it isn't a very good comparison. Looking at Duane Johnson's set up in Dirt wheels, I think he was running the Razor, though. So, I'm puzzled.
I had been looking to the HD as my next set of rears, they look like they'd have great traction in the ruts, but the tread is so tight, it looks like it may pack up real bad and be a turd in the mud.
??????