Goodyear Mtb Tires Review

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Goodyear mtb tires review. Despite starting out making bicycle tyres at the end of the 19th century from the mid seventies goodyear. Goodyear tires author review by lauren fix the company was founded in 1898 to service the bicycle tire and emerging horseless carriage tire industries. Aside from michelin there aren t really all that many major car tire manufacturers who cross over. Truth is the first tires goodyear produced were for bicycles and horse drawn carriages.

Benson is a competitive athlete highly experienced tester reviewer and published author. It ranks well in the performance sport category just behind michelin pirelli and bridgestone and comes third twice in the luxury and truck utility category. The goodyear premium bicycle tire line is purpose built to enhance each journey with superior reliability style and performance wherever a favorite road or trail leads. From road to the dh category they re entering the market carefully without swamping consumers with too many models.

Widely spaced and carefully siped square knobs help generate edge to edge grip. According to jd power s original equipment tire customer satisfaction study 2019 goodyear does very well. Benson s mountain bike roots trace back to new england in the early 1990s and he has seen and experienced the evolution of mountain bike tires. If you want to save some precious weight off your heavy mtb but still remain aggressive traction off road the goodyear folding bead is surely the best choice.

Goodyear is rolling into the mountain bike world with an initial lineup of four tires including a 29 x 2 6 dh option. Our mountain bike tire review is led by our senior mountain bike review editor jeremy benson. The full lineup will extend to road and hybrid sizes but half of goodyear s new offerings will be tubeless compatible mountain tires all aimed at serving the high end. David checks out this pair of goodyear newton tyres the latest mtb rubber from goodyear.

Last year at sea otter goodyear made ears perk after the announcement of their foray into the big wide world of mountain bike tires. Goodyear first started making bicycle tires in 1898 and manufactured them until 1976. They only stopped making bicycle tires in the mid 70s.