Replica Ritchey Z Max- seems like we´ve been heard!
- Thread starter Dr Dremel
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Be interested in ride quality.
If they look the part then that's great for garage queens, but cheap tyres made with crappy compounds destroy ride quality more than pretty much anything else. Personally I'd like to see modern compounds used to replicate old school tyre designs, best of both worlds, I'd pay top prices for that.
My dream tyre would be Rene herse rubber moulded to look like GCE's
If they look the part then that's great for garage queens, but cheap tyres made with crappy compounds destroy ride quality more than pretty much anything else. Personally I'd like to see modern compounds used to replicate old school tyre designs, best of both worlds, I'd pay top prices for that.
My dream tyre would be Rene herse rubber moulded to look like GCE's
That sounds great.
7Speed
Retro Guru
I bought some of the Dutch ZMAX tyres - will report back when they arrive.
Dr Dremel
Fat Chance Fan
Yeah please report back when you get them. Although I would guess you get what you pay for.
I´ve had those similarly cheap Farmer John clones and while they look ok- ish, they´re so ridiculously heavy it´s not even funny (>1kg a tire).
Dr Dremel
Fat Chance Fan
I always coax a riding buddy of mine to take his DH rig, so at least uphill I have a fighting chance to keep up with him
Hmmm, this link shows this unbranded version has expired. Too bad, I would have loved to grab at least one pair
7Speed
Retro Guru
Tyres arrived Thursday but only got the chance to look at them now. Steel bead and weight just over 900g each - so about half as much again as a Kevlar bead Panaracer Smoke. Rubber is surprisingly decent and soft. Tread is good. Serviceable but not really anything you would try to compete on - even with yourself and your friends. So @Dr Dremel was right - a little too good to be true but still serviceable for knocking about on or slowing down the youngest.
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