How much of a difference do heavy tyres make?
I put some beefier tyres on my bike for 'Ard rock and they're still there.
I hadn't been on my MTB for a couple of months until last Saturday, and found it really hard. I also found it really quite hard (but harder than the most recent ride) the last time I was out on it. Climbing especially, even just up fire roads.
Anyway, it HAD Minion DHF / DHRII 2.3 on the 3C compound, tubeless...single ply I guess?
Now it has a DHF 2.5 DoubleDown casing, Maxxgrip compound... and an Agressor on the back 2.3 also DD casing, 3C compound I think.
They survived 'Ard Rock which no one else's in my group did. They all got at least one puncture and one guy ripped a massive hole in one of his.
I don't know the weights of them (heavy, presumably) compared to the original tyres. But it definitely doesn't seem as easy to pedal up hills as it used to.
So do I leave them on and just be fitter, over winter... or replace them with the lighter ones, since I don't need that much protection for the riding I do. (Trails centres / moors)
I've put holes in the sidewalls of two DHR II's. The first didn't seal because my sealant had gone off, but I patched it inside and out and maybe it'll be ok to re-use.
The second I tore when my rim hit a big rock, and got a bit of sharp metal that went through the sidewall just by the rim. It wouldn't seal, and repairing it doesn't seem to have worked because it's right on the rim... can't get anything to stay stuck. So I think that tyre's definitely trash. Wouldn't mind but it was like 3 hours old
Any thoughts? I don't want to buy another new DHR2 but I suspect I was running it at too low a pressure when it got damaged. Don't know what it was, but think I burped some air out of it going off a drop the previous ride and didn't check it before I went out the next time.
