Hi Everyone,
Betaman wrote:If you look at the maxxis website Greg you will find they call their tyre a hybrid.
Altho I dunno where a tubeless radial 18" with soft trial compound becomes a hybrid.
All I can pickup is it's slightly wider knob spacing which potentially makes it the ultimate muddy trials tyre
Sorry for late response Betaman, there is one thing that I have thinking all along and just realised that I did not mention it here. That is Copyright, it is a complex thing and I don't fully understand it but from memory if you are making something that is covered by copyright then it has to be changed by at least 10%. So that might explain all of the variations?
David Lahey wrote:Guy53 wrote:Are yu sure about the MT43 as they don't have '' square '' center knob
Guy
I wondered about that on the Pirelli too, Guy.
Another one of those 'FIM legal" tyres is the MITAS rear. I bought one of them to try out many years ago. First I tried it on a 200 Beta then a Cota 348 and didn't like it on either and gave it to a friend. It was a quite low profile tyre and was rubbish where you needed the tyre to conform to objects like fallen branches or creek stones.
Well pointed out.
Here are some more variations of old Trials tyres:
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One of my school friends had an Avon Mudplugger on the back of his
KE175 circa 1978.
These next 3 photos are courtesy of ebay USA, you may be familiar with these Guy? I have never seen these before.
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Would any of these comply with these above mentioned antiquated rules?
Knobs that are not square, extra rows of knobs outside "Trials Universal pattern", staggered rows of knobs like an Enduro tyre/ Knobby.brownie wrote:I thought the standard for a trials tyres was adopted internationally 50 or more years ago.
The reason for the ruling was, to satisfy landholders that generously allowed trials to be held on their properties, that ground disturbance would be kept to a minimum.
That’s why the trials universal tyre measurements became a standard. The line had to be drawn somewhere.
That’s why Maxxis sell their tyre as a Hybrid trials/enduro tyre not as a Trials tyre
Cheers Ross
Thank you Ross, you are always good for a history lesson but I disagree with your last comment. MAXXIS clearly state TRIAL on both front and rear versions! It is more likely the "hybrid" terminology is used in their advertising to avoid Copyright infringement.
Just for the record, I personally think Michelin tyres work better than MAXXIS. The reason I am pushing the point is MAXXIS are excellent value for dollars and are available locally.
Also in my opinion an excellent entry level tyre as new people to our sport should not be pushed away with petty hard to understand rules and exorbitant prices.
