What do you guys do to prevent sealant drying up? I know you can just add more sealant, but this is just adding more weight every time that I do it, and 700g tyres end up being 800g in a few months.
Install new tires before the events that matter 
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Fair enough 
Yep. All the new tires are mounted before A events. Then rotate. There is a lot of waste if your focus is performance and racing.
Last year I handed over two boxes of semi used tires to local clubs with junior riders. 20+ pairs at least. They looked at me like I was the reason for all that is wrong in the world.
Kids.
What are the general experiences with the new Vittoria Peyote ? Are they any better than the Aspens in wet conditions ?
I really, really like the 2.4 Aspens on dry trails, but :
- the RR penalty (on the testing) over alternatives is always in the back of my head
- they are deadly on slimy conditions I get for almost half the year here
The Racing Ray/Ralph I’m using surely rolls fast and behaves OK in the slime/mud (specially the Ray) but the lack of volume is frustrating. The bike feels slower on the trails, nervous and much less comfortable after you try whats in fact a 2.5 tire…
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Never tried the Aspens, but the Peyote in mud, even in light mud is like riding on ice 
but that is just like every tire with such a minimal knob in the center. Once it got “filled” with mud (and that can happen very very easily) is almost like riding a slicks until it got cleaned on drier parts or rocks…
Personally had no problem running them as a rear tire even in mud, but for the front i would put something like Rocket Ron… Most of the rolling resistance on mtb came from the rear tire(70%) …
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I am curios about these radials, I already run quite high pressures, as a larger rider. Folks running the radials run a few PSI higher, I wonder if the radials in at 30 would be slower than other tires at 28/27 or so. Speaking enduro/trail here.
If anyone in new england has a pile of tires like this (mine has been depleted), I’ve got 15 or so juniors that would finish them off in no time.
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Anyone heard anything about rocket ron 2.4? Still have my rick xc on the shelf, haven’t used yet not wuite sure if I grab another one or wait
Ok, thats not very encouraging…
I’ve definitely asked for them to do a DHF cause they are the standard ‘trail’ tire. An assegai would be really interesting too. I was hoping they would even do it outside the voting altogether. It’s just interesting cause I feel like most people are running super slow tires needlessly.
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I ride on mud quite a bit and an aspen kicks *ss. If I know I’ll deal with a lot of mud I’ll chose an aspen over a r ralph any day all day.
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Hopefully it’s tougher than the Blackbird (Road) I just mounted. I only put about 2 miles on it before it punctured and would not seal.
What makes you dislike the Racing Ralph so much compared to the Aspen with mud ?
IME the ralph gives up much quicker as soon as any moisture is involved. Free water means dragging and spinning on technical and steep stuff. Also, it packs thick mud and doesn’t release it as quick as the aspen does. I know it might seem counter intuitive. I didn’t believe until I tried.
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I believe it because I felt something similar when switching between those two
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Peyote here recently. Pretty stoked on it so far. Tested faster than Aspen for me… better wet grip too.
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Thanks for sharing your testing. How does the Peyote “feel” compared to the Aspen in chunky, bumpy trails? I ride a hardtail and love the cushioning provided by the big Aspen rear.
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Hardtail here also… Air9RDO.
They feel NICE. All the trails here currently have leaves hiding rocks so all tires feel a bit rough if that makes sense at the moment!
Still need to try the 170 tpi Aspen tho
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Gods work!
Just gave you a follow 
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