![]() The bike to the race track with a crushed rock surface for a quick test ![]() Great grip right from the get go, when accelerating and taking tight turns, regardless of how Would any other time and was pleasantly surprised, they hung on very So first lap I thought I would just ride it like That are covered with carpet to help keep the loose dirt moist just so you There's hard packed sections, loose sections, and some of the new The wooden/expanded metal start hill), which can also get slippery with rain.Īnd it doesn't help that there are some new sections which are loose at the moment. Track in my backyard, the track is entirely made of red clay (apart Only because there was rain forecasted in the area for the next few days and I had a race coming up that weekend. I was starting to get nervous about my choice to put them on right away but They look like they could have a directional tread pattern, but there weren't any indicators so I just put them on the way I thought they would grip best. I put them on theīike right away (2.1 on front and 1.75 on back). At first glance I was a little skeptical about exactly how much tread was on the tire, and how much grip you would really get out of the Power Block, but I'll give anything a go. Picking up a "heavier" Power Block tire, to be honest, it's surprising they could make them any lighter. With folding Kevlar beads of the 'S-Spec' version)". I got my hands on some of the pre-production Power Block samples and was told they had "heavier casing and steel bead (unlike the lightweight casing Their most recent additions to the selection is the good all rounder the Comp X and the modernised 25th Anniversary Comp III which is a tweak of the old tread making it more relevant to todays race tracks. That's not to say that Tioga have been cruising along all these years riding the wave of the Comp III, their tire range has continued to evolve over the years. The Comp III is still relevant to BMX more than 25 years after it first hit the shelves. Tioga have a new Power Block tire that just might change the way we think about BMX tires, much the way they did with the Comp III tread pattern in the early 80's.
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