I just did the same thing to the climbing edges with the one on the back of my trail bike. I wish maxxis made one of their 'dh' treads with a bit of a climbing edge.whist on the topic - i just realized you can extend the grippy life of a dhf by trimming the braking block surfaces of the center knobs
i agree. was going to do the same; tech climbing not so good with ramped knobs.I just did the same thing to the climbing edges with the one on the back of my trail bike. I wish maxxis made one of their 'dh' treads with a bit of a climbing edge.
that's way too long of an answerUsually to lower rolling resistance while still keeping the positive properties of a tire.
For example in wet conditions most racers will run a cut down mud spike tire because they need something to penetrate mud and not get clogged up (which mud tires do really well) but they also need a fast rolling tire (which mud tires don't do really well). So shortening the spikes still allows the tire to penetrate the ground and grip but it also lowers the rolling resistance of the tire.
You can also make a bunch of notches and groves in the knobs of a tire to change how a tire grips in different situations or as they guys above are talking about, to freshen up a chewed out tire.
This guy is spot on. Watched a buddy using end cutters and Fiskars to carve up tires in half the time of a melting razor stick.my cutting experience is limited (only some wetscreams) but i just use a pair of fisker snips from home depot, work great for me...
why would one 'cut' a tire? please explain to the tard.
cutting tires is a good way to turn a ****ty tire into a usable tire.that's way too long of an answer
Try this: nevegals exist
Which just seems absurd to me.But supposedly the excavator was actually designed by EC to be cut appropriate to conditions.
when riding on the internet, there's always a better wayWhy you would set yourself up to cut tires I have no idea. I'd much much much rather just buy two different tires that are just designed well from the get go.
Keep Extras Nearby Dumb A$$I get the concept (adapt tires to terrain that's specifically around you). I feel like there's a fair difference in terrain between parks out here, and cutting a tire just a little differently could net an advantage.
I agree with you though, to achieve that advantage, why not just get two different tires?
Of course, these are Kendas, and Kendas are...different.
Well yeah.......but then after you cut it you have a terrain specific tire anyway. At least as the theory goes. That tire could have just been designed way better from the outset that would need zero modifications to work well on all those surfaces he's making cuts for.I get the concept (adapt tires to terrain that's specifically around you). I feel like there's a fair difference in terrain between parks out here, and cutting a tire just a little differently could net an advantage.
i call them the "never jelly"People LOVE nevegals. Not DH racers mind you, but those things seem to be ubiquitous...
I haven't tried any of the tires you mentioned, but I've had a couple of Nevegals, a blue groove (among the worst tires I've used alongside the gazzalodi jr) and a couple of k-rads which pinch flatted when you saw a curb. Oh, I guess I had some Karmas too.
I don't know. Even guys I know who used to buy those things for their trail bikes usually just had as their highest praise "these bltches is cheap yo!"People LOVE nevegals.
truthI don't know. Even guys I know who used to buy those things for their trail bikes usually just had as their highest praise "these bltches is cheap yo!"
i have a k rad in the rear on my dj (i think 65psi), works good on hard pack single track, honestly grips better than i expected too.k-rads work well once you get them to like 100psi
hookworm.
Pretty true. But it's mostly because people never bought the few genuinely good tires they've made because they didn't read about them on mtbr.......and then they quit making them. Like shirk said: they just hover there right at 'almost' It's kind of infuriating.Still though...kenda's batting average ain't so hot right now.
rumor has it that the last time kenda ordered those tires from the factory in china they ordered 100,000.00 but the factory didn't know what a decimal point was and accidentally made 10,000,000. kenda is practically giving them away as OEMeh, I had a k-rad and a hookworm and the krad wasn't up to the task...but it probably could have been remedied by infinity air pressure.
as for people and the nevy, yeah I've heard cutting the transition knobs is the way to go, I have a set of 650b nevys that I'm going to try and cut to get them to suck less, but that bike doesn't go as fast as the dh sled so I haven't had to worry about it. It's mostly MTBR-types that swear by those tires...and they come stock on a lot of setups.
Still though...kenda's batting average ain't so hot right now.
never mistake a kenda joke for factual information.Never compare an OEM version of ANY tire to what you buy aftermarket.
Manufactures will use lower quality rubber and materials on OEM tires. This applies to car tires also.
avalanche :guilty:Did that k-rad sit between two fork legs that said "monster" on them hovering above a stair gap?
Be honest.
My information comes from actually purchasing tires at the OEM level for automotive production and dealing with the engineers.never mistake a kenda joke for factual information.