PRESS RELEASE: Vee Tire Co
Vee Tire Co have now released their Attack HPL tire. The tire is available through Vee Tire Co's online store and through distributors. The new tire was designed with input from Vee Tire Freeride and UCI World Cup athletes and boasts a specially developed tread pattern that's said to excel in dust, loam, and dirt.
HPL stands for Hard, Pack, and Loose. The tire joins Vee's gravity range and has been already tested on the World Cup Circuit and Freeride Fiesta. It's available in either 29 x 2.5" or 27.5 x 2.5" and is tubeless-ready and fully protected from punctures in both Vee's 2-ply Gravity Core or single-ply Enduro Core constructions. To ensure grip and traction in the most extreme conditions, Vee used their 42a Top 40 rubber compound in the tread with the aim of giving what they feel is limitless grip and control on a variety of surfaces. The Top 40 compound is often used in the world of DH racing because of its super tacky compound, durability, and good damping properties.
For the tread design, Vee's engineers worked with their riders and decided to use a central block tread with ramps for lower rolling resistance but with good braking capabilities. The side knobs sit parallel and feature sipes for consistent levels of grip, even when leaning into corners at speed. The tough construction is also intended to help the HPL not squirm when pushed hard into turns.
The Vee Tire Co. Attack HPL comes in two sizes, 27.5" and 29" with a 2.5" width. There are two different casings available, the Gravity Core and Enduro Core. Weights for the 29" tire with the Gravity Core is 1,350g, the Enduro Core is 1,150g. The 27.5" tire weights are 1,270g for the Gravity Core and then 1,080g for the Enduro. Gravity Core tires sell for $70 USD and Enduro Core tires are $65.
The Vee Tire Co. Attack HPL is on sale now, visit the Vee Tire Co. website for more information.
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is it the Maxxis wobble or rubber degradation or is it those minions which lose their best grip when ridden hard a few times
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is it the Continental side walls not sealing or puncturing
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is it the Kenda tubeless ready tyres that leak like sieve?
Yup they are all great!!!!
And for everyone else telling me they've been around forever, that's probably true but they're only just starting to appear in the enduro world! I think I've seen 2 or 3 in real life and I spend summer in the alps/racing
I haven't experience too many wobbly Maxxis tires, and I sell quite a few. I always get mind though proper Canadian distribution, and there has never ben an issue with warranty on the couple that have come though here.
I do see a strong correlation about Maxxis complaints from those who buy them from stores like Chain Reaction Cycles, which makes me wonder if they are being sold the scraps. Discounted factory seconds or something. CRC quite often sells the left overs no one else wants from bad product runs - forks and shocks with know issues for a discount for instance, so that wouldn't surprise me.
I picked up 2 Snap WCE's at £20 each, and 2 Flow Snaps at around the same from them around august 2020 I think. No wobbles, no defects at all, went up tubeless first time with a standard track pump on taped rims that are not rated as tubeless compatible...
The Top40 rubber in the WCE's it so ridiculously soft yet has barely worn in despite putting over 300km on them down in the Tweed Valley, and the grip is insane, they bite into everything.
My biggest gripe with them is weight, I wish they did a lighter trail casing because even the enduro core tyres are heavy, the Gravity core WCE's are like riding through treacle on climbs.
Currently running a 29er WCE up front and 27.5 Flow Snap on the rear. If they ever wear out I'll probably get this Attack for the front and run the new Snap Trail on the rear.
QC is a thing.
I bought TWO Maxxis tyres DHR DD for the rear and Shorty WT for front £120, mounted them up on new wheels, it was like i had taco'd both bloody wheels, nearly touching the frame on the rear FFS.
Got in touch with warranty UK via email, James agreed to warranty tyres asked me to send my details so they could organize replace them...... last response i got from them !!
Didn't even reply to any further emails i sent to them to find out what was happening ??
Shame been using maxxis tyres for over 15 years never had an issue, and love the grip but sorry if you wont deal with your loyal customers warranty issues properly ill take my business else where thanks.
Cheng shin are Chinese and produce both CST and maxxis-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxxis?wprov=sfti1
Well they are a subsidiary according to your link.
Maxxis Tyres and CST tires are a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheng Shin.
This makes them the holding company.
Go look at the list of Subsidiary companies of JnJ, it's a massive list. I worked for one before we were divested and apart from T&C, some nice benefits and taking their cut each year that was pretty much their involvement.
If you ride natural forest trails, with mud, rocks, roots, water all within 20 feet the 3c tires sometimes suck. You want the grip in the middle too, like Maxxis had in the old days with their Suoer Tacky of Slow Reezay. MaxxGrip is often not available or in stock for trail tires.
Are you getting the best of the best? No. Are they still decent? yes.
People put too much thought into their tires. It's not going to help. You're slow, so just find more gravity and enjoy yourself.
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Despite getting a few wobbly tires from Maxxis (warrantied) I made the mistake of going elsewhere briefly (Schwalbe) and tore a nob off on the 1st ride. Back to Maxxis. Staying there.
If you want to venture off the beaten path and are gun shy about Schwalbe, Conti are doing some awesome tires. Michelin are also pretty compelling lately.
Shred ( NOT bike park but enduro ) then grip is gone. So it’s tricky. Best I used so far are Specilaized Butcher but with the black diamond casing. A multi purpose general tire for any type of terrain. Slippery on wet for sure but I don’t ride when There s a chance I might get wet
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