Understanding Mountain Bike Tires | The Explainer

Round rubber with knobs, tires are simple right? Wrong, nothing mountain bike related is ever that simple. From TPI to actual bead diameter and all the things in between Mike Levy covers everything you need to know about Maxxis Minion tires.

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[mtnmyke]

My great grandfather would often ramble about the revolutionary release of the DHF in the early 1900s.

[DjDeepfry]

I remember my Great Grand Pappy talking about his downhill runs from 1910 on his Minion DHFs. He complained that back in his day they only had one width, one casing and one rubber compound.

[kalekalekale]

The bike shop owner sounds really cool. Pinkbike should hire him one day

[tobyg]

WTB really do set the standard with labeling their tyres. Light/tough casing, fast/grippy compound. More brands need to stop trying so hard with crappy names and 'tech'.

[rolfvomgolf]

The minion was developed as a downhill tire in the early 19hundreds
Me: imagining cylinder and suit guys shredding on wooden bikes

[frankmilkovics]

My great grandfather ran a killer mullet in the early 1900's, Maxxis 59's upfront and a 10 in the back.

[SnootchieBootchies]

I legit was hoping this would be a video about a new tech "hot patches" where we could start fixing slashed sidewalls on tubeless. I already fix them with a needle, fishing line and a special glue, but surely modern technology has a better way...

[Varaxis]

I already know all this but that just gave me the opportunity to notice small things like the entertaining editing and how Levy's hand gestures aren't so awkwardly forced like BikeRadar's

[SeatTimeClips]

I'm offended by the lack of rubber jokes in this video.

[rolfvomgolf]

I use tube in the rear cuz my rim is dented and doesnt hold the sealant anymore. Also i am broke and cant afford a new rim

[timluogon]

I never knew mtb was around in the early 1900s

[DCassidy]

"The minion was developed as a downhill tire in the early 1900s" I do remember grandpapa riding his downhill penny farthing with the first generation minion dhf.

[jangorsic]

I’m still using tubes for enduro riding. In the past 2 years I’ve had only one puncture!

[mountainsteward]

🤣 I still have tubes in my 3 week old enduro. Moving up from an old 26" hardtail there are several new systems to learn and I wanted to hold off on adding one more part of the bike to be a variable in the beginning. I plan to switch over once I've shaken the rest of the bike down and feel a little more comfortable with the new hydraulic brakes and air suspension. These videos are awesome. Thank you for sharing this important info

[dillydean]

As someone who sells maxxis tyres every day I should of known this already. 😬😆 Theres just so much to learn alright! So great video 👍

[rolfvomgolf]

I thought the dhf means Downhill freeride and the dhr downhill race ?

[RideAlongside]

Maxxis should pay you to run this video on their website. Good explanation.

[mikesargeant]

Tubed rider checking in. Tyres got super expensive and running tubes on non tubeless tyres is so much easier. Plus on a trail, replacing a tube is a 2 minute fix to get you back up and running.

[tiptopimdakillah]

Last night having a headache thinking about mountain biking never thought that it's so complicated, type of bikes, geometry, forks travel and stanchions, rims widths omg. ..everything about it must be precise & accurate in order to get best riding, 12 years in skateboarding scene get a fresh new board for few hundred dollars and hit the streets, done!

[slowspoke]

I am still running tubes but only because I haven't managed to kill the tube that came stock 😆 I've gone through a whole ass tire without any punctures or flats, once it does die I'm definitely going tubeless though!