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| The new Cazaderos on the Badger |
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for the weight, they came in at 530 grams a piece. That's pretty crazy
light when you consider that many gravel tires in the 40-42mm range
weigh this much So, there isn't much to go around for material on a
bigger casing. I won't be expecting these to be very tough tires.
They
also fit my rims, which are a Stan's designed rims, super tight! I
haven't worked that hard to mount tire's in a long time! As a side note,
the Teravail Sparwood's I removed came off far easier than they went on
these rims, which was almost as difficult to do as these Cazaderos were
to do. I suspect that the Cazaderos will stretch quite a bit as well.
Especially after I rode these new tires. They are very supple!
In
fact, they require a bit more air pressure than I would normally
consider for this large a tire. I had about 40psi in the back and that
was about 5 psi too low, I think. I need to do a lot more experimenting
with air pressures to figure out this tire. At least it looks good,
2 comments:
Ted,
I think you will find the Cazaderos an excellent tire. They are very light and supple and offer very good pavement performance do a larger knobbie. I have had no flat issues, probably due to the thick tread along the centerline. They are a dream to ride on gravel and offer good confidence in corners and looser/deeper stuff with the side tread. I do find that the sweet spot in pressure for gravel/dirt will be a bit sluggish when you hit the pavement, but when pumped up a bit firmer they'll roll nicely on paved surfaces. The side knob are good for gravel climbing too letting you get out of the saddle bit more for climbs. My only real complaint is that the thick line of tread in the center seems to counteract some the suppleness of the nice casing.
Interested to hear your thoughts on these tires relative to the WTB Vulpine tires.
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