Lightest bike tyre under £20 now under £30

Don't care about make or model must be offroad and light 26"

Not sure what others are out there

WD

On One are selling Schwalbe Rocket Ron Evo and Performance tyres for less than £20. They're light, not sure if they're lighter than those Kendas.

OOO :shock: 345grams sounds brilliant have you used them offroad, are they any good?

I used the Kendas at a race a while ago.

Did a lap in the dry, very fast.... Track got slightly damp in a small shower and it was like riding on ice. I'm not joking when I say that at one point, my bike turned a full 180 degrees on a downhill and I was facing up the hill with other riders barelling towards me. To this day I have no idea how I stayed on or how the riders behind me managed to miss me.

If you ever ride in anything other than bone dry conditions... forget it.

Ok having read a few reviews it would seem there light and great in the dry summer but not much use at other times, so what else is out there I might still get a set though and pop them on the Rigid Scott thats only allowed out in the dry.

Yeah I read the reviews on mtbr before I bought and pretty much came to the same conclusion as the above - a fast tyre for dry / hardpack I thought about where and when the bike will be used, considered that I have six tarmac miles to get me to good off road and came to the conclusion they were probably quite well suited for me

Don't believe the weights on the sidewall though :-( surprisingly, they are actually lighter :shock: :

WD Pro":1czetrqo said:

Kenda Klimax Lite 345 (New / 1.95) = 323.7g & 325.4g

WD

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Those wheels are set up tubeless so as a set they are pretty damn light

They claim 1.95" but seem a bit thinner than quoted.

If I was after something a bit more grippy I would be looking at the 1.8 rocket Ron evos - just not found any cheap yet :-( shout up if you do ;-)

I think I paid £30 (maybe £35 posted) for the pair of Kenda's, I can check when I am back in work if you like ?

WD

£38 a pop for the 1.85's http://www.nextdaytyres.com/Tyres/Schwa ... -2011.aspx

Got a pair of 2010 2.1 UST Ron's on the Clockwork. Excellent for dry and damp conditions, mine are the older heavy version. This year I think all Schwalbe tyres are tubeless compatible and much lighter than their previous UST tyres

Yes, that's the cheapest I had found them to but I was hoping for cheaper

For info for the OP - I found a paper copy of the invoice for the kenda's. £33.95 for the pair, £3.99 of that was postage. They came from All Terrain cycles

WD

Panaracer TrailBlasters in 1.95 are about 480g each in folding style and are available here sub £20
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/117704.html
The 1.8" version are 400g if you can find them. I had a set that were pretty decent alrounders.