Uncle Dave good continuation/counter to Mike, but I'll wager it wasn't really the tyres as much as the rims, those fvcking stupid ass i23 or narrower road rims with 2.2"+ tyres mounted onto and expected anything but to need high pressures and shitty casing shape. The move to i25 being on the smaller side of rim width, was when things started to get better. I have a set of the OG Syntace Wide Lightening 35s (30 internal), they were the first rim that wide, that didn't weigh a tonne and they make a 2.3" tyre look and perform much different, heck the difference between the casing of a 2.3" mounted on an i23 vs i30 is quite incredible, on some as much as 4-5mm difference.
I once mounted my On One Chunky Monkey and Smorgasbord tyres onto my i39 wheelset I'd built for testing true 29+ and it was insane. Now you wouldn't want to take that setup anywhere through some seriously tight, janky rock sections as the sidewalls would most likely get absolutely fuzzed unless you were really careful picking your lines, but everywhere else, man they were amazing, the pressures you could run and the lack of tyre roll.
March 15, 2022, 5:04 a.m. - Lynx .
Uncle Dave good continuation/counter to Mike, but I'll wager it wasn't really the tyres as much as the rims, those fvcking stupid ass i23 or narrower road rims with 2.2"+ tyres mounted onto and expected anything but to need high pressures and shitty casing shape. The move to i25 being on the smaller side of rim width, was when things started to get better. I have a set of the OG Syntace Wide Lightening 35s (30 internal), they were the first rim that wide, that didn't weigh a tonne and they make a 2.3" tyre look and perform much different, heck the difference between the casing of a 2.3" mounted on an i23 vs i30 is quite incredible, on some as much as 4-5mm difference. I once mounted my On One Chunky Monkey and Smorgasbord tyres onto my i39 wheelset I'd built for testing true 29+ and it was insane. Now you wouldn't want to take that setup anywhere through some seriously tight, janky rock sections as the sidewalls would most likely get absolutely fuzzed unless you were really careful picking your lines, but everywhere else, man they were amazing, the pressures you could run and the lack of tyre roll.