Equipment Review from 2009
It’s funny but very often one of the first questions that people ask me is about how my bike’s lasted up over the season. I guess it’s a good way to get a real world view of what kit is going to be reliable and what’s not. So with that in mind, and having just completely stripped my bike for a service, I thought I would write down review of how the various parts of my bike have held up through the year. In addition I will be writing reviews of individual parts as they come and go.
For the end of the season I’ve been using Maxxis Highrollers, the 2.5 UST 42a ones front and back. I wrote about them in a previous review but I have done a lot more miles on them including some miles in Scotland so I have some updated information. I’ve also been experimenting with some new tyre combinations and here’s my initial opinions. I mainly ride in the Basque Country, in Spain, where the terrain is a bit tougher than a lot of the UK. You can see the type of trails on my biking pages.
I have a few more tyre combinations to test out but in a few months I’ll put together a summary of all the tyres I’ve tested and my top three combinations for the year ahead; watch this space!