I ride my rover 90% pavement and 10% hard packed dirt, no real "offroad". I thought I'd share my experience with tires:
1 - OEM Kenda Juggernaut- not great for pavement. Noisy, rough riding and high rolling resistance on pavement.
2 - My second set of tires were SUNLITE Tires 26X3.5 Bk/Bk Wire Baja (same as Vee tires). I like these tires, they are very quiet, smooth rolling and "very cushiony" at 20 - 25 psi. What I didn't like
was they also have high rolling resistance.
3- My current and favorite tires are the Maxxis Hookworm 26x2.5 . Although designated 2.5, when installed on the Rover OEM rims, they settle in at 3.1 inches. They are very quiet, extremely
smooth riding, and reasonably cushioning. I initially ran them at 35 PSI, but soon moved to 50psi (rated up to 65psi) and the rolling resistance is very low. I really like these tires.
I've also read good things about 0rigin8, but have no experience with them.
Quote from: Seasaw on November 21, 2021, 11:24:06 AM
I ride my rover 90% pavement and 10% hard packed dirt, no real "offroad". I thought I'd share my experience with tires:
1 - OEM Kenda Juggernaut- not great for pavement. Noisy, rough riding and high rolling resistance on pavement.
2 - My second set of tires were SUNLITE Tires 26X3.5 Bk/Bk Wire Baja (same as Vee tires). I like these tires, they are very quiet, smooth rolling and "very cushiony" at 20 - 25 psi. What I didn't like
was they also have high rolling resistance.
3- My current and favorite tires are the Maxxis Hookworm 26x2.5 . Although designated 2.5, when installed on the Rover OEM rims, they settle in at 3.1 inches. They are very quiet, extremely
smooth riding, and reasonably cushioning. I initially ran them at 35 PSI, but soon moved to 50psi (rated up to 65psi) and the rolling resistance is very low. I really like these tires.
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I've also read good things about 0rigin8, but have no experience with them.
I am in need of tires soon for my RR5 also, I agree with your evaluation of the stock Kenda's, I am probably going with the Origin 8 in the link below because of size, Bigger the better for me,
https://amzn.to/3Gwy7Ix
Can you send me a photo of 2.5 tires on you RR 5
Thanks
Origin 8 is pretty proud of their tires. They are over double the cost of a Kenda Juggernaut.
Got the new tires for the Radrover installed with new tubes, They are origin 8 supercell 26x4. Real grippy tires, Smooth and Quiet ride, And less rolling resistance, All as expected, Tires also do well on loose dirt and gravel trails too. I did feel some self steer as others have, But went from 17 to 22 in air pressure and it seems gone, I have also read that self steer goes away after about 25 miles of break in,
For the record I am 6'1" 218 lbs. and the stock rear Kenda tire lasted 1500 miles before wearing out, The front is still in good shape and am keeping it as a spare, or to give away. Forgot to mention, Had to replace front brakes also at 1500 miles, The rears are still good, I went with the ceramic Tektro's.