Best Tires for 650?
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Best Tires for 650?
Well I have the 25" Claws and for rocks,roots and hardpack the traction is unbelieveable. They are not the the best pure mud tire but they ride smooth on the trails and they handle well for an agressive tire . I have found that the set I got took a good bit of weight to get them to balance and it is a good idea to set your toe in at 0 so they handle at speed. I got mine balanced and they still shook the handle bars bad at speeds over 35 or 40mph and would wonder. But after I set the toe in it made a big differance, it took almost all the shake out and made it handle even better, and as far as weight for these tires I know what some of the web sites say, but I don't think that they weight as much as they say. I ride in nothing but rocks, roots and thorns and the such and I've never had a flat yet, the stock tires I had a flat almost every time I went.
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Best Tires for 650?
Speaking of ITP tires, I've got the mudlites in the 27" variety. All I can say is I love em. I ride on forest roads and power lines (lots and lots of mud and deep water). And on both hardpack and mud they are the smoothest tire I've seen yet. They are extremely light and look really aggressive but handle great. Check out my pics.pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 pic 4
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Best Tires for 650?
I have the ITP 589's and regret getting them. Those are some good tires, but now I feel they aren't worth the effort. I thought I might need those big lugs, but now it's rare that I get into any real deep mud. The Mud-Lites would have fit me a lot better and the weight of the Mud-Lites wouldn't have slowed me down as much. They have all the traction I need 99.9% of the time. But I'm now riding on tires that slow me down 100% of the time, but I only need the extra mud capabilities about 0.1% of the time.
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Best Tires for 650?
I have ATR's on my 659 and Bear Claws on my wife's Kodiak *25 inch). The ATR's repaced Dirt Devils, a BIG improvement in handling. It doesnt slide as much now, it has more bite. However, I really like the Bear claws and they are about 30% cheaper than the ATR's. When the ATR's wear out (hopefully long time from now) I would repalce them with mudlites or bear claws.
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