The cool cats from Framed Bikes shared a pair of Maxxis Mammoth Fat-Bike Tires with us to share with all of you cool cats and Kitties out there, rock’n the fat-bike, all around the world! So on Sunday morning, I went out to the shop and threw the Mammoths on Bethany’s Extra Small 9:Zero:7 for a little local trail recon over in Silver Lake. Some of my amigos have been hacking their way through thick mosquito infested woodlands in an effort to build 10-14 miles of sweet sustainable singletrack that will also be groomed for winter fat-bike trails, not too far from where Bethany and I live with our three huge dogs (Bodhi, Cecil & Cowboy Dot Com). I wanted to show Bethany all of the new twisties that they had finished.
The tread on the mammoth is very reminiscent of the 45NRTH – Dillinger and the newest Vee – Mission Command tires that we have ridden and tested. Our two test tires weighed 1290 g and 1292 grams each. The bead to bead measured 222 mm with the tread to tread measuring 111 mm. with the tire splayed out on a flat surface. When I mounted the tires onto a set of Surly Marge Lite rims the Mammoths plumped up to 95 mm wide.
Bethany really liked these tires! She shared that they felt really fast and that there was zero self-steer. She felt like there was a good balance between the fast rolling feel of the Mammoths and the amount of control that they added to her 9:Zero:7. The three words that Bethany chose to describe the way that the Mammoths performed was Fast – Control & Fun (all good things!). Probably the best sign that these tires are going to work out very well is the fact that Bethany told me that she wants to conduct a long term test on them. She basically told me that I’m not getting the Mammoths back from her, any time soon. It looks like we’ll keep tabs on how these tires treat Bethany over the next few weeks of riding and report back to you a little bit further down the trail.
For more information about Maxxis Tires visit – http://www.maxxis.com/tires/bicycle
me guuuusta!
When are these tires expected to be available to the public?
ETA is TBA
Have you measured the diameter of the tire?