It's not so much adherence to a single brand as Vancouver has very specific conditional requirements and tires are really expensive. This isn't California where most average tires work most of the time. Last time I made a $200+ deviation from Maxxis they nearly killed me; I took those tires off within a few days and burned them to the trail gods as a blood sacrifice. Not making that mistake again. So yeah there might be decent alternatives out there but I'm not interested in finding out.
March 15, 2022, 7:46 a.m. - Cr4w
It's not so much adherence to a single brand as Vancouver has very specific conditional requirements and tires are really expensive. This isn't California where most average tires work most of the time. Last time I made a $200+ deviation from Maxxis they nearly killed me; I took those tires off within a few days and burned them to the trail gods as a blood sacrifice. Not making that mistake again. So yeah there might be decent alternatives out there but I'm not interested in finding out.