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| Bike I ride: | DH-bike: Commencal Supreme DH WCS 2009(S/M), Boxxer Team 2010, Vivid R2C, Mavic EX823´s, Michelin tyres, Avid Code R 2012. XC/AM-bike: Cannondale Prophet MX -06, Revelation RLT Ti -11, Elixirs. |
| Favorite Trails: | Antikkala, Huuha, Laajavuori, Sappee. |
| About Me: | I used to be4 a motorcycle road racing driver, now racing DH and riding MX. |
| Products Recommended: | RockShox Boxxer Team | Avid Elixir R | Truvativ Boobar | Truvativ Howitzer Team BB | Truvativ Holzfeller OCT 1.1 DH | SRAM PG-970 | Mavic EX 823 Disc | SRAM 2011 X7 9-Speed Rear Derailleur | SRAM 2011 X7 9-Speed Trigger | RockShox 2011 Revelation RLT Ti Dual Air | RockShox 2011 Vivid R2C | Truvativ 2011 Holzfeller Direct Mount | Truvativ 2011 BooBar |
| Companies Supported: | RockShox | Avid | Truvativ | SRAM | Michelin |
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It´s annoying that there´s no 20mm front and 135/12mm rear options for the wheels. Can´t be that hard to make some end cups for that. Same thing with SRAM´s rise wheels.
Yeah, I´m trying to keep this light for the longer rides on the trails. I use it from XC to Enduro, so the geometry is leaning towards Enduro and my XC isn´t that serious, I´ll push if I can´t pedal something up. I guess you could call it AM then.
BTW, did you know your name is same as one Finnish tractor company: http://www.valtra.fi/ ?
Yeah, you can buy them, but I don´t know any factory made spike tires that could win DH races(ofcourse possible, but not probable). There was one from Nokian, but they stopped producing it and the ones left are now worth of gold.
I made my own spike tires few years ago to a nokian gazzaloddi G tire, but after two winter-dh race seasons, I decided to replace the side spikes with 15mm screws and left the spikes only to the center of the tire. I haven´t tested them yet, but I hope I get seconds off of my times. Downsides are that screws are heavier and you need to put protection between tire and tube makes them even heavier. Also the risk to get a flat is higher.
EDIT: for the topic, I´d like to see more this kind of racing and to get to participate in something like this! About Us
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