Racing Ralph tyres really disappointed me in terms of performance and quality. At first glance it was easy to say yes I should spend money on these tyres. But when you put the cosmetic aspect to one side and actually put the tyres to good use, you'll be disappointed too!
The first thing that struck me about the Racing Ralph tyres was it's lack of resilience to punctures. Not a good thing where I live! Unlike most tyres these were very light weight and quite fast on the go! The first time I took them out I ended up with 2 thorns in the front and 1 in the back! Here is what's said online about them:
Surprised how it has been possible to have so much grip with such low rolling resistance? The secret is: Hi-tech manufacture + an Evo-carcass + triple compound + U-blocks.
Whatever the hell that means!!!
Upon closer inspection of the Racing Ralph tyres I found them to be very thin which explains the light weight and the lack of resilience to punctures! Trust me when I say that, "if your not on man made trails, don't bother". Performance is one thing but when spending high amounts of money on tyres such as these, the last thing you want is punctures every time you bloody go out. It's annoying that manufactures don't listen to the average Joe blog that rides mountain bikes. As they would realize that more needs to be done to make "off road tyres" puncture proof or resilient to punctures, as they do with road tyres!
Racing Ralph tyre reviewed
Posted by paul c walton on 05:15
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Hi, just wanted to stop by and thank you for following my blog! I adore the mountains, but don't know a thing about mountain biking. Blogging sure has expanded my horizons! :)
Be well, Jen
This reminds me of the color-coded tires of the '90s that did not amount to anything but pure aesthetics.
I use the Nobby Nic tires and they have the same "problems"... very good grip but they do not endure much time, very light but at the same time they are not puncture proof and that´s why I use schwalbe blue liquid on my tubes (I never had any more punctures after start using it). Now that spring arrived I´m thinking about exchanging my NN by the RR but I´ll use the tubes with blue liquid ;)
Enjoy your rides
Is the blue liquid any better than the green slime? as I found the green slime to do a better job at keeping holes open than it did fixing the puncture!
Slime is OK for the tiniest of holes, a pin prick maybe. But a good sized thorn in the tyre, the slime is completely useless, heavy and messy...
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