2/1/2024 0 Comments Michelin wild racrMichelin’s fine-weave carcass also proved too fragile when I punched a hole clean through the crown, landing a jump. I also found the casing lacks stability, so it’s too easy to make the Wild XC squirm too much from side to side and deform when riding hard on a 120mm trail bike on aggro trails. There’s a bouncy, disconnected feel when you’re really leaning hard into the tyre. The pure pace likely reflects some of the harshness in the ride and the very plastic-like feel of the GUM X rubber, which simply doesn’t grip as well as most. The lack of comfort clearly doesn’t seem to affect rolling speed though this tyre rattles along at a fair old clip, whether on smooth forest roads or proper off-road dirt and bumpy broken-down trail centre surfaces. It might also be in part due to being skinnier at 2.25in than similar tyres. I suspect this is due to the huge gaps on the crown of the tyre, where there are patches with no rubber blocks to damp and dull micro impacts from small bumps. Mick Kirkman / Our Mediaĭespite this suppleness in the casing, this Wild XC is less comfortable than the Schwalbe Wicked Will and Vittoria Syerra 4C I’ve tested recently. The Wild XC Racing Line was launched along with the Jet XC2 and Force XC2 tyres. The casing is labelled Cross Shield 2 by the brand and is incredibly supple and flexible in your hands when installing, but also feels thinner than other cross-country tyres. Michelin uses a single-compound GUM X rubber blend, but the casing construction is massively complex with multiple layers of very fine 150 TPI plies and an extra layer of fabric around the bead to resist pinch flat punctures or bead damage on bottom-out. Alternate sipes, or cuts, on the middle knobs run left to right and then front to back, whereas the shoulder blocks have more diagonal cuts.Īll tread cubes have slightly rounded edges and the edge blocks are also twisted in the direction of rotation similar to the Schwalbe Wicked Will. The un-ramped tread is formed of broad rubber blocks with huge gaps in both the central strip and evenly spaced, angled shoulder knobs. We saw what happened with Tim when he did the Monster Energy Cup, I am not doing that.According to Michelin, the Wild XC tread and casing is inspired by the meatier enduro-targeting Wild Enduro tyre, designed to provide ‘maximum braking and responsive cornering’ in this category. Herlings: I am not racing supercross man, I am not doing that man, its two different sports, like mountain biking or road cycling. MXLarge: What about the Supermotocross at the end of the year? It is always asked who the best is, but that can’t be decided unless I raced a full season there or him a full season here. I still want to race Eli another time and for me, he is one of the best ever in the US and I always respect him and want to race him again. With Eli, I hear he might retire now, and they are rumours, but I don’t know. Herlings: Yes, and the only unfortunate thing is a lot of the AMA guys are injured, just like here at the moment. MXLarge: Racing Jett Lawrence would be cool as he is another generation? It all depends on the schedule and whatever Austria thinks. Since I was a kid and that is also a free weekend. I mean, at least I want to do one event, because Southwick is also an event I always wanted to do. For now, it’s just a wild, wild idea, because I haven’t even asked Pit or Robert about anything like that, and they don’t know I am thinking about it. Herlings: Yes, I have been racing since February every single weekend and I need to speak to KTM, because the bikes are different. MXlarge: Would be pretty cool to win on both continents on the same weekend? On the 29th I have a Dutch championship race (the Monday) and I was checking flights this morning to see if I could get back on time, because I want to win the Dutch championship. I don’t even know if they have a rider and I thought maybe I could go and race. I saw BamBam was obviously injured, the Husky boys are injured, Malcomb and Christian, I don’t know what is up with Plessinger, but Cooper said he will not do the first few outdoors and I assume Marvin won’t do it either. ![]() " MXLarge: What is this about wanting to race in America this month.
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