Category: Tires

United White Strip Tires

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United will be releasing their Swerve, Direct and new Indirect Tires in this rad white “pinstripe” version, similar to Fit’s Night Vision Tires. These look particularly sick, and I can see them being a big hit with all the Harry Main idolisers who have been drawing on a white line onto their tires with Tipex to imitate the bunnyhop flair king. These will be available in all the sizes and Tire options later this Summer with the rest of United’s Summer 2013 range. These will look killer on an all Black setup…

S&M Mainline Tire

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S&M just released another sneak peek of the re-issue of their Mainline Tire which will be out later this year. A throwback to the original trails Tire, this new version will have an updated high pressure casing and come in a whopping 2.425″ size making itthe perfect companion for a Summer blasting down the trails.

United Indirect Tire Available Soon

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United‘s new Indirect Tire that we had a sneak peek of a few months back is due out later this month. Based off their popular Direct Tire, the Indirect features a more aggressive slightly knobblier dirt style tread that will be at home on the street, in the skatepark or at the trails. Measuring up at 2.35″ this monster truck of a tire will be available soon in the next few weeks in black and tanwall.

PRIMO / WLT TIRE PROMO

Miles Rogoish and Tony Neyer teamed up to put together this promo for the release of Neyer’s signature WLT Tire from Primo. This Tire might look familiar as we have seen a few sneak peeks since early this year. Based of the hugely popular Wall Tire, the WLT (Wall Two) Tire uses a similar classic diamond slick tread and will be available soon in 2.3″ and in a choice of Black, Tan or Grey sidewalls. Expect to see  ore info on these dropping from Primo soon.

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Cult 2.40 Tires

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More big, slick tires, this time from the dudes at Cult. These new Tires are based off the Dehart Tires, but again with a slicker, knurling free surface for extra grip and traction. Measuring up at 2.40, these are Cult’s biggest Tires yet, and are currently in testing from the team. I can imagine these things would be excellent choice if you ride concrete parks and dont want your wheels slipping out at high speed.

More over on Cult.

Shadow Valor Tire

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Shadow are always cooking up new products, and by the looks of it have a new super wide Tire in the works. The Valor Tire is to be based off the tread of their Overtaker Tire, but features a much slicker tread profile and no knurling, no doubt designed to make these things stick like gum to a table. Seen here is the 2.40 version, making it the biggest Tire they do yet and one of the largest on the market, no word however on any additional sizes or color options for the production version. These will be tested by the team, so hopefully we will be finding out more about this fresh rubber in the not to distant future…

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Eclat Ridgestone Tires

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The guys at Eclat dont take product design lightly. Whilst many brands might just pick an unbranded part out of a Taiwanese catalog and stick their logo on it, Eclat always start from the ground up and the end result is always a superior product that has that little something extra. Eclat’s new Ridgestone Tires look promising with input from Nathan Williams and Shane Weston and a dual compound rubber, these team tested and approved tires have been in the works for a while and are now available in two tread patterns to suit any rider.  Head over to their site for a detail explanation into what makes these Tires so special.

New Shadow Goods

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Shadow are always on the ball and working on sweet new products. Here are a couple that I snapped on their Instagram (follow them!), Lahsaan Kobza’s new signature Penumbra Pivotal Seat, and bellow is an updated version of their Overtaker Tire with a slicker/grippier tread. The Seat will be dropping soon, and the Tire, well we’re just going to have to wait and see on that one…

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Tire sizing

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I caught this interesting Tire size comparison list up on Neal Wood’s (Cult’s product designer) Instagram. Using info taken from Dans Comp, this list shows the true widths and inflated sizes of the largest Tires out right now.

Interesting to see that Fly’s Ruben Tires are almost 2.5 Inches big when inflated, and Cult’s Dehart Tires come in a close second place. If you’re looking to run the largest tires out right now, or care about how big your tires actually are then this is worth a look at.

*NOTE- Worth keeping in mind Tire widths generally have a manufacturing tolerance of +/- 2mm for the inflation diameter. Measurements can vary up or down depending on the production batch, rim being used as well as many other variables. Besides who really cares about a few mm’s?