Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bontrager Jones ACX Tubeless Ready

My new and not so new tires are working out very well. I have been a devoted fan of the Panaracer Fire XC Pro Tubeless 2.1 tires for quite some time now. However, my local dealer, Performance Bicycles, did not have the Panaracers in stock when I was there a few weeks ago. I didn't have time to check their website, since I was heading out of town for an adventure race the next day. So, I stopped by my local Trek dealer and picked up a new Jones 2.2. It has a very similar tread design to the Panaracer and I had another one which was in pretty good shape that I had taken off the bike when I bought new tires for Primal Quest last year. I put the old one on the front wheel and the new one on back. I have been very pleased with their performance and will probably continue to buy them even though they are more expensive ($10 more per tire). The big upside is that the Bontrager tires weigh 175 grams less per tire! That is a lot of grams for only 10 bucks!

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