Don't look! Not for the Faint of Heart...another Tire question

[TimLaw]

OK, I warned you.

I'm looking for a good off road tire, front and back for the Oregon Back Country this summer on my '14. There are so many damn tires out there it's really hard to decided. I have searched the 6000 posts already on the forum about tires, and although the information is great, I'm looking for a little info on a tire that isn't shot after 5k miles.

I plan to use the off road tire to get to the area, on the specific off road area and back home only to swap them out for the tarmac tires. I've been looking at the Mitas E7 Dakar's which is a 50/50 and the E9 which is 20/80 and finally the E10 which is 40/60.

Any assistance would be great! I"m leaning on the E7 or E10.

 

[~TABASCO~]

You should try the E7 or E10


Or the trusty Ol' K60

 

[markjenn]

I plan to use the off road tire to get to the area, on the specific off road area and back home only to swap them out for the tarmac tires.

I have no clue what this means.

For a 50-50 tire, I've had good luck with TKC80's. For a 90-10 tire, I go with what's on sale, typically Battle Wings.

- Mark

 

[pnelson]

Tim, for a summer's worth of riding here in Oregon on the OBCDR or up in WA on the WBCDR or on any BCDR for that matter, it's hard to beat the price and performance of the Kenda Big Block. Ride them all summer and any life left in the fall is a bonus. I put 2500 on mine and I have about 40% left which was better than I thought they would do. I'm no hooligan though. These turned my bike from whoa! to yeeha! Nuff said. ;-)

Bring them over to my house and I'll mount them for you.
$110 w/free shipping >> rear http://amzn.to/1G1amDZ
$106 w/free shipping >> front http://amzn.to/1Ax0VsH

And yes, this is one of the rides we'll go on this summer at the big Sandy event...

After 2500 miles:

 

[TimLaw]

Thanks Paul! I appreciate the help!

 

[snakebitten]

You must be smoooooooth Paul. I have seen others get 2500 out of the Big Block, but I've not seen anyone have that much left. It's still a dirt tire!
At 2500, I've turned the rear into a street tire.

Love Big Blocks. The Beast just savors them. But I'm not near as smooooooth as you. Undisciplined.

 

[trikepilot]

Like Snake... I melt BB's pretty quickly. 2000-2500 miles is about all I get before they are a street slick. My discipline is also not good.

Just swapped over to the Mitas e09 Dakar and think I have found my go-to knobby tire for this beast. It is more expensive than the BB (I got mine for $183 delivered) but if it can extend mileage life to the point where the miles:dollars ratio is the same as the BB, I see no reason why I would not continue to run them. I am just about at 1000miles in and they seem to be holding up well and should outlast the BBs. What I really need is the Heidenau crew to take their durable rubber compound and pour it into the e10 tire mold. Then we'd be onto something!!!

I think the ultimate thing to bear in mind is what Pnelson said - "These turned my bike from whoa! to yeeha! Nuff said. ;-)" You just gotta go into knowing that you gotta pay to play and if more and bigger smiles result from a few extra tire sets each year, then so be it.

 

[coastie]

Man the Kenda BB, are fun. How long is your trip? If it's 2k ish, then I would throw the BB on.