I have learned a great lesson- cheap tires are cheap for a reason! I spent a week at Sedona with a fresh pair of IRC trailbears, only to have the front blow completely off the rim after a drop (sidewall ripped completely away from the bead!). There is nothing like skidding head first down slick rock and watching pebbles bounce off your glasses. I'm pretty sure it would have killed a normal human.
Chicks were there- they laughed. I tried to act like it never happened, but one ass cheek was hanging out of my shorts and my right arm looked like someone attacked me with an orbital sander. It's hard to act nonchalant when your ass is hanging out and you really just want to curl up in a ball and sob. I'm pretty sure it was the vortexes that caused it....damn hoodoos. I rode up the trail and out of sight before I broke down and wept....."WHHHHYYYYYY MEEEEEE GODDDDD?!!!! WHHHHHHHYYYYYY?!!!!" Hey, I'm not proud...it friggin hurt.
Anyway, I tossed those &^%& Trailbears in the trash when I packed my bike up so I need some new skins. So, what to get? Aggresive XC, light freeride, crazyinsane fast DH runs, 50 mile rides with 10,000 feet of elevation gain....I need a tire that will make me as fast as a Kenyan on crack and as agile as a gay spider monkey. Also, they need to have a cool name- like "SaberToothedMud Murderers" or "Trailterrors" or some such catchy slogan that will make me feel ultra hardcore and make subtle reference to the my manliness.
I'll probably go with 2.4's or so and run Stan's...because bigger tires are, well, bigger. What are you folks in the SE running for the local rooty, rocky, loamy, east coast trails? You guys that post pics of jumping off big stuff- I need those tires! Maybe if I run a FR front tire and an XC rear i can haul ass and go big?! Hmmmm. Anyway, tire reccomendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
Chicks were there- they laughed. I tried to act like it never happened, but one ass cheek was hanging out of my shorts and my right arm looked like someone attacked me with an orbital sander. It's hard to act nonchalant when your ass is hanging out and you really just want to curl up in a ball and sob. I'm pretty sure it was the vortexes that caused it....damn hoodoos. I rode up the trail and out of sight before I broke down and wept....."WHHHHYYYYYY MEEEEEE GODDDDD?!!!! WHHHHHHHYYYYYY?!!!!" Hey, I'm not proud...it friggin hurt.
Anyway, I tossed those &^%& Trailbears in the trash when I packed my bike up so I need some new skins. So, what to get? Aggresive XC, light freeride, crazyinsane fast DH runs, 50 mile rides with 10,000 feet of elevation gain....I need a tire that will make me as fast as a Kenyan on crack and as agile as a gay spider monkey. Also, they need to have a cool name- like "SaberToothedMud Murderers" or "Trailterrors" or some such catchy slogan that will make me feel ultra hardcore and make subtle reference to the my manliness.
I'll probably go with 2.4's or so and run Stan's...because bigger tires are, well, bigger. What are you folks in the SE running for the local rooty, rocky, loamy, east coast trails? You guys that post pics of jumping off big stuff- I need those tires! Maybe if I run a FR front tire and an XC rear i can haul ass and go big?! Hmmmm. Anyway, tire reccomendations would be appreciated. Thanks.