these tires are garbage. plane an simple. I got to ride some trails today. it's my third day on the bike. first time on dirt trails with this bike *hoping to have it warm up and dry out everything soon*🙂 Rivervalley Toronto On. I rode to the bike shop to have them fix my probem gear. Easy fix. I leave for the trails, take me 15 mins. I ride off the pavemant, down a strip of grass/stone path and a quick 1 ft drop. to a fence and a gate. Disk breaks threw mud from my tires; cool 🙂 30 feet of wood shavings to a fork in the road. On one side bridge with the path fallowing the vally wall. some stairs and mostly up hill .... On the other dirt, more down hill and technical, theirs 3 feet off the water to your right*it's a run off of some sort*. So I hit the dirt. 🙂 20 feet in and a great drop in to a 2 ft down hill drop. It got sloopy at the bottem and started an uphill turn to the left around a hairpin. All I heard was thpppsssssssssssssssssssssssssss...................... I tore a 1 inch hole in the rear tire, took one of the knobbies and ripped it....... wow am I impressed with these things.........
I walked the bike back to the shop that I had just left about 1hr earlier... I spent more time walking the bike then I rode it 🙁 I got a new tube and some WTB Motoraptors 2.2's coming some time this/next week.
Hutchinson Scorpion Airlight -10/5 for me and i'll be doing a MTBR review on theses.
So I hit the dirt. 🙂 ...a great drop in to a 2 ft down hill drop.
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I tore a 1inch hole in the rear tire, took one of the knobbies and ripped it
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Hutchinson Scorpion Airlight
Perhaps the "Airlight" in the name may have given you a clue.
Personally I've had a good run with the Hutchy Scorpions although I have had sidewall 'issues' with the Pythons. Put quite simply, If you're going to be dropping off things, stay away from anything that says "Airlight" in the name.
Just out of curiousity, what pressures were you running? -- Westie (Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)
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these tires are garbage. plane an simple.
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Have a better ride then I did folks 🙂 CS VT2
Like Westie said, stay away from "Airlight." They're for XC racing, where riders are (apparently) willing to risk a tear for a stupid-small weight savings. You mentioned a 2-foot drop to a downhill...that's over the Airlight limit.
If you want an XC-oriented tire that's still real tough, I've found the IRC Serac to be the king. All my Hutchy experiences have been bad ones.
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these tires are garbage. plane an simple.
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Have a better ride then I did folks 🙂 CS VT2
Like Westie said, stay away from "Airlight." They're for XC racing, where riders are (apparently) willing to risk a tear for a stupid-small weight savings. You mentioned a 2-foot drop to a downhill...that's over the Airlight limit.
If you want an XC-oriented tire that's still real tough, I've found the
IRC
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Serac to be the king. All my Hutchy experiences have been bad ones.
