I ordered mine from LordGun too. Locally they’re sold out for at least a month or two, clearly because of the new Dubnital.
Good insight on the use of a freight forwarder. I did so years ago for some handlebars that weren’t approved for sale outside the EU. But have kinda of written them off. It still might be worth it given the price of things here, and even more so if you could possible skirt the duties/tariffs by choosing a “shipping” country.
I did see that Lordgun didn’t have the popup for Continental products, but also that they didn’t have the new lineup just yet. Lets hope they remain an option…
- measures @2.0 bar(will not run at that high off course) , 27mm inner width rim : 56mm at tread , 57mm carcass
- for comparison on the same rim, Peyote 2.4 is 60mm @1.1 bar
- will check width 2-3 day later, hope it will expand
- no tool needed to mount, pumped up with a very basic track pump
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I’m good with that. Doobie is a lot easier than Dubnital and is fitting with how dumb the original name is.
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I’ll just keep calling them Race Kings, I’m good with that
bought a set of the Dubnitals (sick name btw) in 2.4 with the rapid compound and race casing. also got them in black because black is fast according to BRR
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only complaint is the really ugly poppy branding
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Dubnital after 3 days mounted, @1.0 bar on 27mm rim, its 58mm at carcass
compared to Specialized Fast Trak 2.35, it has much more rounder profile, so much that after wheel change, it felt a size smaller
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unlike most other designs, they keep the knobs small on the sides (and not really on the side at all, quite central still) which will give a rounder, narrower look rather than having bigger knobs sticking out the side like many. this makes me wonder how well they work on the front. looks like a great rear tire though
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That happened to my rick and peyotes, ended up cancelling the preorder and I think Inordered both from bikeinn, which btw is still shipping contis to the US
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Further measurement that will “disappoint” all the perfectionists…
2.4" Dubnital Grip Trail on 32mm internal hookless rims. Left at 35psi for a week(no sealant and have only dropped three psi).
2.350" / 59.7mm Wide
Not that feel in the hand is everything, but even this “not fast” combination of compound and casing just has that nice feel to it. Not the stiff and cardboard like feel that some other “trail” type tires have. I’ve got a set of the Rapid Race as well, but these will be getting the first go, and I think I’m going to enjoy them. I’ve got Rick XC 2.4" on the other wheelset, so I can get a feel for A vs B, but I imagine they will be similar, but these Conti’s look to have a ton of grip(more than the 2.2 Race King).
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I’ve found better stretch with 50 psi (max psi) and left in hot/warm conditions.
If these are close to the original RKs in pace they will be golden. The one downside of the original was the height of the cornering nubs for a front tyre on more tricky or loose ground that often forced me to switch in a cross king instead. This is much more of a reliable choice for the whole season now.
Would you say the tread is similar or lower than the rick?
Beyond it being stretched wider, is there a performance advantage for stretching it out this way? Does it become more supple, etc? Sorry, I’m new to MTBs.
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They just want it wider. The current trend is wider is faster.
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Has anyone in Europe received their new Conti’s yet?
I’ve ordered Dubnitals form Bikeinn, and they have still not been posted after 5 days.
Anyone else test a dubnital? I put it on the rear with rapid compound in trail casing. Surprisingly grip is insane I wasn’t braking in spots when id normally brake. This is compared to a fast trak rear. I smashed every DH segment i rode. What was a 15 minute downhill on saturday i did it in almost 13 minutes. However on the climb i was slower for the given power.
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Same here.
I hit the ground 3 or 4 times on the Mezcal/Barzo combo 2 years ago especially around any amount of moisture+roots…I’ve been riding the Ray/Ralph like trail tires and have had great success up and down hill. I get antsy with wanting to try new tires but they’re so damn good I’m going to have a hard time going away from them.
These are on North NJ rocky trails.
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I ordered a set and recently got updated notification that the expected ship date is 5/13. Also, they’re in a winning position on BRR for May so far, so hopefully we start to get some data and reports trickling in.
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Bicycle station did a test on them for real world rolling and they did not test well in their sample size or protocol. Although, the protocol wasn’t great, they were shocked with the results.
But so far with minimal feed back from TR users and other’s online - it kinda seems to be lining up. I hope they get on BRR soon.
