Tyres 50 - 60 quid to spend

Rippedabs123

Please not halfords

Chunkers1980

Best place to go really.

cooldad

Rippedabs123 wrote:

Please not halfords

Yeah, I suggest Burger King.

hainman

its the closest shop to me,except Burger King......are their gauges any different from any other shop or is it just the name HALFORDS you dont like

Kowalski675

I remember a test of tyre pressure gauges in a bike mag some time back, and Halfords cheap as chips metal pencil style gauge was one of the most accurate on test. I have half a dozen or so gauges of different types, and the difference from the one that reads lowest to the one that reads highest is about 2psi.

The Rookie

Metal pencil gauges are the most accurate.

Feel is no way to judge tyre pressure AT ALL.

As you are running tubes, I'd suggest starting at around 26psi, if you get (or it feels like you'll get) pinch flats or they are too 'squirmy' go up (2 pis at a time), if they feel good, try going down.

lostboysaint

hainman wrote:

cheers mate,i dont run tubeless so would it still be ok or better with wire bead one??

You want this one. http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/TYOOSM26X225/on_one_smorgasbord_26x225_tyre, in dual compound "trail extreme" format. £14.99 each.

Kowalski675

The Beginner wrote:

Metal pencil gauges are the most accurate.

Not necessarily, but they do tend to be among the more accurate of cheap gauges. At home I use one of these, as it's easy to read, and the button to bleed off excess pressure makes things a lot easier - just over inflate, whack the gauge on and press the button until the pressure drops to exactly where you want it, no messing about measuring, pressing the valve, re measuring etc.



I keep a pencil gauge in my baccpack though (and others under the seat of my motorbikes).

acer2012

Maxxis advantage recently got my vote along with a nobby nic up front. My solution so far is keeping this setup for spring-autumn then swapping the advantage for a jones mud x during the winter. Bontrager xr4 was a close contender though...

hainman

Eventually bought some minions,got a deal on some 2nd hand but practically new ones,had the maiden voyage at Glentress and they were amazing compared to the nobbys,