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Offroader said:brumbrun, is that 17" x 3.5" trial tire a shinko 241?
Either way could you please weigh that 17" x 3.5" trial tire, I am very curious how much it weighs. I will then post what the 17" x 3.0" trial tire weighs and so we can compare weights.
The 3.0" trial tires are so big and fat with long thick knobs, much longer than the 2.75 trial tire knobs as the 3.0" tire were made specifically for the rear while the 2.75's were made for the fronts., I have no idea why anyone would want to go larger? The 3.5" being much larger are like a fatbike tire in size. Is the torque so high on these bikes that it needs it for traction?
I guess the issue here is that they don't make a 19" 3.0". Nobody wants to lace a new 18" rim to use the 18x3.0. The 18x3.0 tire would be very close to the stock tire height and that is the tire you want, the shinko 241 18x3.00" would be the perfect rear tire.
I tossed around the idea of lacing one of my 17x1.20 rims, yes you read that correctly wide rims to the SurRon just so I can run a a SR241 3.00-17 which I found to be the best ebike tire out there for anything above 3kw.