I struggle with the Wolf Tooth Calculator, it gives me a estimate of 24.9-psi in the rear and I feel like I am all over the place when it is that high.
That is quite high. Wonder if it struggles with certain values a bit outside of the norm (I believe you mentioned you’re a bit on the higher weight side?)
Calculators are just baselines at the end of the day. I found my happy place 21R/19F before I found that WT calculator and it matched so I was happy to have something somewhat usable besides Silca which recommends 14R/13F lol.
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November BRR votes? Not seeing anything I’m keen on voting up…
I just submitted the Booster again but will likely take a few days to get added.
The Hutchinson Python 29x2.4 would be a good choice, but only has 28 days left.
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I don’t see a single MTB tire that isn’t a wasted vote yet. I’ll wait for the Booster or something similar and then throw votes behind that.
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I voted on the Hutchinson Python, keen to see the results on that one considering how well that brand has been performing lately on the tests.
Meanwhile, its just me or has the frequency of testing dropped somehow ? The queue list for testing seems to be piling up
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Hutchinson Python falls off the list and loses all votes at the end of this month unless it passes 4 tires ahead of it and moves into a winning position before then. While I wouldn’t mind voting for it, that’s feeling like a long shot. Holding onto my vote for now.
The same number of tires are tested every month. Just remember, it’s either something gets tested, or falls off the list and starts at zero unless they make it through in 3 months. That’s the whole reason coordinating voting makes sense and you don’t want to waste votes on a tire that won’t make it.
And, the Booster is back on the list at zero…
Voted for Booster.
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Same, in for the Booster.
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Booster boosted
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Voted Booster as well.
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Same. Should have at least 6 votes now
Here is my unscientific results from a ray/ray combo vs a Rick/rick combo. The rays were 2.35 and 2.25 and the Rick’s are both 2.4. The Rick’s measure 2.35 on my 30mm internal wheels and the rays measured slightly less.
Recently I had back to back races at the same location albeit a different course, one portion of undulating, pine needle over sand, flowing course was the same and there is a segment (called, “twister”). Below are my power and times for each race. The most recent times are on the Ricks and tire pressures were the same 17f/19r.
Take it for what’s it’s worth. If anything, the most recent conditions were worse IMO because we haven’t had any rain and it was slightly more sandy. I felt the ricks seemed to float through the turns better with less bite although were predictable when stepping out.
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How was front wheel cornering grip from Ray compared to Rick?
Did the Ray feel less likely to wash out on the front wheel in corners compared to the Rick? Or did you not notice any difference?
The front Ray seemed to have more edge grip and they both were predictable when starting to wash out.
What’s odd is they felt pretty similar and I was surprised to see the faster times with less power.
I will do some more testing on my home course in the next few weeks to get a better idea.
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Which do you like more (comfort, steering behaviour, surefootednes, overall feeling in general), Ray or Rick?
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The jury is still out. This is a 7 race series and the first 4 were done with Rays, let me get a couple more races with the Ricks before I make that call. I had a lot of luck with the rays.
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Put another vote on the Booster. It’s got 7 now, so moving up quickly.
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I’ve had surprisingly different times on different days with the same setup and power on that segment (twister reverse actually…..it’s just easier to nail the same power for me vs twister “forwards”) so I hope the laps on the home course happen.
I’d just add that those are fast times…..comments on cornering grip going that fast have a lot of value.
Thanks for posting real data!!
Joe
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Thanks Joe. I didn’t even know where the actual segment started and ended so these times are pretty organic. And I love the trails at vortex but I really look forward to this weekend at San Felasco. I assume that course might suit a roadie better.
Hope to see you around.
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