I purchased the 2.4 Race Peyote’s and they are SUPPLE, super nice. BUT at 200lbs they are a little too supple for my liking. With less than 150 miles on them, like new, I’d like to sell to someone who’s a bit lighter than me - prolly suit a lighter person REALLY well.
Mine are on a shelf to try soon.
I’ve got a few fit customers that ride Mezcal front and Peyote rear that like it.
Mezcal both ends seems like a fast do it all but I’ll see soon enough. Btw profile of it is perfect on a 30 mm rim.
Lachlan Morton rides Mez/Mez at Leadville, or did last year before the Peyote came out.
Thanks a lot for this, it’s exactly what I was looking for. I’m going to try fast trak f/r and see how it goes.
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I’m currently running a mix of Specialized Fast Trak and Renegade 2.35 on my Epic and after looking at the most recent Bicycle Rolling Resistance review on the newer Air Trak, seems like a pretty slow rolling tire, especially compare to the Continental Dubnital which I never tried. I still like the value of the Specialized tires and I always thought they performed well but I’m tempted to try the new Dubnital. Is there anyone that have experience with these tires and know how the actually compare on the trail (as oppose to rolling a drum lol). Thanks!
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2.4 rapid race is a great tire, feels to roll as well as the peyote, better cornering. My trails are bad for evaluating durability, just buff dirt.
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How wide/tall do they measure on what rim width?
2.3ish on a 30mm rim. They were undersized out of the box, stretched a bit, I can give them a measure tonight after having ridden them a couple hundred miles.
Agreed on the Rick. Once you find the lean, it is pretty amazing at cornering. Took me a week or two to get used to it switching from the Rekon Races. It takes about 3 weeks for the tires to get to 2.4, by then they are worn out 
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I don’t agree considering I raced most of last season with RICKS and never had a tire related issue although I did one race with a DUB and suffered a flat. They are both very comparable in grip from my experience but the Dub is considerably lighter.
My first race of the new season starts next weekend and I will give the DUBs one more chance but I will also have a spare set of wheels with RICKS ready to go.
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I’ve beat the hell out of the Dub’s on some very rough and rocky stuff here in the Northeast, 2 weeks of hammering on them in Leadville, and not even a scratch as far as I can tell.
I’m also more of a fan of them than the Ray/Ralph and those have more traction than the Rick.
(Edit to an older post - I posted this below, but after posting this I did end up losing one lug on my rear Dub, or at least noticing that it was gone. Didn’t flat, but now feel like I’m asking for it on that tire so probably need to retire it)
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When you guys post about what tires you run, can you add a qualifier of where??
Just want to get a perspective of which tires are working in which areas of the country and what trails.
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Really impressive results. This really challenges people’s intuitions that aggressive tires are implicitly slower. With winter quickly approaching, I’m extremely tempted to get a pair of Barzos 2.4
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How wide are the Barzos - either mounted, or bead-to-bead? Close to a true 2.4”?
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This, and I’m also curious how much cornering traction the latest Barzo offer.
Is it comparable to the Schwalbe Nobby Nic, for example?
What’s your weight and tire pressures on the dubs?
Definitely. 62.5 mm on Kovee RSL. 60 mm tall. Big tire.
Wow. That’s big. Interestingly - that’s the same size as the Vittoria 2.6” Agarros that I recently purchased (mounted on a 30mm width rim). They measure 165mm bead to bead, and 2.45” mounted. They look huge compared to previous undersized Schwalbe 2.4s I had been running
I wonder if tire companies use the same structural tooling / dies for tires, and just change the inner stamping to say 2.4 or 2.6. For Schwalbe, their 2.4 and 2.6 Wicked Wills were identical also - but on the smaller size.
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Looks are deceiving, apparently. Anyone running Barzo Front/Rear?