Great explanation, just yesterday I was pedaling up a fire road and my bike felt like the rear tires was a little flat. I had assigned this to the bike being a big enduro rig and not my normal all mountain bike. My biggest frustration with that explanation was the enduro bike has a more all mountain tire on it than my other bike. Enduro has WTB Trail Boss trail bike has a Mary Betty combo, both with the burly casings. The main difference I get now is the rubber, I believe the WTB is a softer compound. Never in a million years would I have thought the compound would make that big of a difference to mask the difference in tread pattern.
Now I really want to try a harder compound in the rear to see if the bike will roll faster!
April 12, 2024, 7:25 a.m. - Allen Lloyd
Great explanation, just yesterday I was pedaling up a fire road and my bike felt like the rear tires was a little flat. I had assigned this to the bike being a big enduro rig and not my normal all mountain bike. My biggest frustration with that explanation was the enduro bike has a more all mountain tire on it than my other bike. Enduro has WTB Trail Boss trail bike has a Mary Betty combo, both with the burly casings. The main difference I get now is the rubber, I believe the WTB is a softer compound. Never in a million years would I have thought the compound would make that big of a difference to mask the difference in tread pattern. Now I really want to try a harder compound in the rear to see if the bike will roll faster!