Anyone use Continental Race Kings?

Hello,

I'm just wondering if anyone else here uses continental race kings on their MTB? I do quite a lot of road cycling to keep my fit and recently I found a trail that I can do as part of my cycle. My other tyres stick to the road too much so I use my Race Kings.

Unfortunately I've got two punctures recently one on the front and one on the back and both punctures were in the side wall. The trail I cycle does have some spiky plants but nothing too bad that you can't avoid.

Just wondering am I having a bad streak of luck or has someone else using them noticed this?

Don?

Conti's have v thin sidewalls, esp.race kings, i quickly ditched a pair of them from my hardtail for a set of Schwalbe's...

Get a pair of 2.1 Racing Ralphs for a mix of off/on road, though they are reasonably soft compound tyres(wear fast)


Regards,
The Tyre Whisperer II

Schwalbe's don't seem to have a great reputation either when it comes to sidewalk failure?

Sidewalk failure...... is this when they fail on tha path in the US of A beside a dumpster, on the way to the elevator!

I commute and race on UST Ignitors, so no punctures anywhere. Surprising fast on the road with 60psi.

The Contis are light, I certainly wouldn't trust them when Trails go Gnar.

Look what someone had to say on the interned...
"Sidewall Completely Exposed. Slip/slide over any bare rock and the sidewall is ripped and cause of a flat. Knobs are falling off. One tire has about 60 knobs gone."

60 no less.

Bloody predictive text!

Or "Baldy proactive sex" as my phone says.

Only had one puncture this year, well a pinch flat at the start of the Miners trail..with an ignitor






p.s. I have a Conti race king 2.2(hardly used) at home if anyone want's it, FOC

Cheers lads, Did a bit of a forestry tour today with my WTB velociraptor up from and my
Maxxis High Roller XC Tyre on the back gave me way more grip and no punctures, yet anyway, Think I'll use my Conti's specifically for road cycling/college commuting.

I've a set of DT Swiss rims on Deore hubs going cheap if you want a 2nd set of wheels for commuting?

i'm dying to hear Richie response to this one! its gonna be a classic!

Another puncture in my front, 4th this week, 2nd today, Think I'm gonna' need to check my rims, somethings not right.

Colm donated a set of those Race kings to me and i use them out on the roads etc. The side walls are paper thin so i run them at about 40 psi rear and 30ish on the front. I've bait them around the park a bit too and haven't had any punctures at all.
That said i don't think I've ever used a ****ier tyre. There's more grip from the tyres on my dirt jumper.
Fire roads, real roads and hard pack like Balinstoe are all they are good for in my opinion