EricGhost Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 After 5-400 km/KS app with my new tyre mad mike 16x2.125 I would like to inform you of the main improvement/benefit of such a tyre. Do you guess ... .. maybe the off-road ? No even if on gravel and grass the stability is improved the most appreciated benefit of such a tyre is .... "shock absorption"!! Yes all those small cracks in the road, the cobblestones, small holes, .. etc etc those discontinuities that with the previous Kenda tyre at 3.8 bar were a direct punch on my knees, now at 2.8 bar with a softer rubber are less so much less that I appreciate the reduction in the hits. No stability issues, such as the wobbling that people wrote to avoid by making your tyre stone Maybe a different feeling at the beginnings, but I've 2500km/KS app when I changed the tyre, so the missing wobbling due to not a stone tyre is due to the high feeling that now I have with my wheel The only cons is maybe the tyre consumption as the softer rubber I think will not last the 2500 km/ KS app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneWheeler Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Schwalbe rates this tire with max. 55 kg. I hope you are not to heavy for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriull Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 8 minutes ago, OneWheeler said: Schwalbe rates this tire with max. 55 kg. I hope you are not to heavy for it. Imho there exists no tire on an EUC which is rated for rider+wheel weight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 19 hours ago, EricGhost said: now at 2.8 bar with a softer rubber are less so much less that I appreciate the reduction in the hits. Is the lower tyre pressure reducing your range or does this tyre seem to have lower rolling resistance even at the lower pressure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US69 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 The "trend" from wheelies in Asia/Singapur is to install a 2.50 tire on the KS16 or 16S.....seen this quite often now! Makes it even more stable and secure.....the only disadvantage: You have to Clip of a bit of the Shell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingfelder Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 58 minutes ago, Chriull said: Imho there exists no tire on an EUC which is rated for rider+wheel weight... Yet some of them last for thousands of kilometers by the testimony of riders on these forums. Do you feel they are coming out on the lucky side of a gamble that is not likely to go so well for most riders in the long run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US69 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dingfelder said: Yet some of them last for thousands of kilometers by the testimony of riders on these forums. Do you feel they are coming out on the lucky side of a gamble that is not likely to go so well for most riders in the long run? I guess he was just reffering to the official Rating.....as all tires are produced for bikes/e-bikes, they are just rated lower! Never heard of tire failures like blasting...i think they just wear out faster with the more weight?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricGhost Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 hours ago, OneWheeler said: Schwalbe rates this tire with max. 55 kg. I hope you are not to heavy for it. Well I'm 90 kg + 17 of ks16B, there is the Kevlar one I did not check the weight limit (I trusted an old post of @Blunzn) but as I wrote 400 km with many small bumps so far ..... so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricGhost Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 6 hours ago, Keith said: Is the lower tyre pressure reducing your range or does this tyre seem to have lower rolling resistance even at the lower pressure? Honestly I do not appreciate any difference, what I checked is that if I put higher pressures 3.0 or 3.2 bar after one ride it goes back to 2.6-2.8 and then it is stable for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneWheeler Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Speedy Feet made a review of the tire on Youtube. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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