Trails tire...WHY?

Have a read of the following and try to make some sense of it,the Pirelli is listed in Oz as a Flat Track speedway tyre,Radial trials tyres are supposed to get great traction from having flexible sidewalls and as such should not like spinning up and sliding and in other radial trials tyres are horrible on the road with low pressures ,not nice,anyway the Pirelli has a much stiffer sidewall,is great on the road,allowed spinning and rear slides,plus great traction on big hills without ripping the ground up,they work a bit like the mini knobbys the FIM use in the 6 day only with more traction,be interested in other opinions re these tyres.

TR11 TRIAL WINNER. I have been happy but I may try the PIRELLI next just for a change..

...cause they are a fun way to mix things up, that's why I ride them from time to time.

I prefer the IRC TR011 tubeless tire, it's sidewall is stiffer than the tube type and handles the road much better. I had trouble with the Dunlop bead staying seated at proper 5-7PSI pressures, no problem with either IRC but prefer the tubeless tire.

So you use the tubeless tire with a tube? Any known problems with this combo?

IMO the IRC cannot be beat for pure traction plus they are kind of fun on the road, gas it around the corner and your sideways.

I just finally tried the Pirelli and am very happy with it, its works great off road (way better than a knobby) and is very stable at speed even on the road, it does not have quite the traction on the IRC but it seems like more of an all around tire with the stiff side wall.

Dunlop 803 - I just noticed a Nobb in the middle missing, is the tire still safe or just less thorn resistant in that spot now?

Why use them? Because sometimes there are rocky hills like in this movie lol. In the first 15 seconds you will see me on my WR messing around riding a wheelie with my feet down. There is a longer one of me on Grave Ridge row 15-28. It was the ticket on that day.

http://www.adrenalinevision.com/

What a nice change to see some quality video on the internet rather than the fuzzyvision you get on youtube.

Where is the Grave Ridge video?

Nice video quality, thanks for sharing that.

Definately, they have such a thin sidewall they seem to put more rubber on the ground, the drawback is that weak sidewall makes then squirly at speed.

I run mine until I'm missing more than 5 center knobs, unfortunately once 1 knob goes others seem to follow quickly.

Holy crap! hahahah that guy needs an xr200 and a good front tire i think. I'd hate to see him ride the northwest...

Yikes, the only cause I've heard for losing knobs is too much pressure...like over 10PSI. I've yet to lose a single knob after 8 trials tires, yet I ride them in the rocks (duh) and on the street. I change 'em out when there is about 3/16" of tread/knob left.