On the subject of downhill racing, a crash sometimes ensures you’re out of competition for the rostrum. To provide their athletes one of the best likelihood to remain rubber aspect down, Maxxis has up to date the Excessive Curler tire with a brand new third-generation mannequin.
The brand new Excessive Curler is an aggressive, sturdy tire designed to excel in variable situations. It has been examined and raced on the World Cup DH circuit the place Maxxis athletes Jackson Goldstone, Ronan Dunne, Marine Cabirou, and Ellie Hulsebosch have already introduced it to the rostrum. A fast take a look at the photographs reveals the aspect knobs haven’t vastly modified because the Excessive Curler II, however the heart knobs have been fully revised.
Maxxis Excessive Curler – Third Era:
Maxxis calls the brand new Excessive Curler ‘an intermediate tire with an aggressive tread design’. It was designed for the powerful and ever-varying situations discovered on World Cup DH programs. So far as Maxxis’ mannequin lineup it sits between the Assegai and Shorty tires, each of that are categorized for Path/Enduro/DH driving.
The tire’s design combines an open tread sample with massive sturdy aspect knobs. Maxxis says this enables for good soil penetration in moist situations and affords strong cornering traction in dry or dusty situations.
The brand new Excessive Rollers use Maxxis’ ultra-sticky MaxxGrip compound, and the DH fashions function a sturdy 2 x 60 TPI downhill casing with an up to date butyl insert and tread extrusion. This powerful casing helps take the sting off harsh impacts from rocks and roots. All fashions are, after all, tubeless-ready.
Tread Sample:
The brand new Excessive Curler tire has two rows of sq. heart knobs, with sipes in each instructions on alternating rows. The middle knobs are reasonably ramped. Either side will get one row of aspect knobs with alternating rectangle/notched rectangle shapes. The oblong knobs embody lengthwise sipes.
By comparability the earlier mannequin Excessive Curler II’s heart knobs alternate between absolutely ramped, wedge-shaped single knobs and double rows of ramped rectangular knobs. The aspect knobs are barely completely different on the brand new tire however haven’t seen main modifications.
Fashions and Specs:
The third-generation Excessive Curler shall be obtainable with DH, Double Down, or EXO+ casings. They arrive in a 2.4” width just for 27.5” or 29” wheels. Maxxis has the DH casing mannequin obtainable now, and the opposite casing choices shall be coming quickly. See the chart above for listed weights.
As a little bit nod to planet Earth, Maxxis is utilizing absolutely recyclable packaging for the brand new Excessive Curler tires.
Maxxis is introducing the brand new Excessive Curler tire at Crankworx Whistler, and at the moment a gaggle of motorbike journalists (together with myself) are going for a experience on them! Regulate Bikerumor for a assessment article as soon as I’ve had ample time to shred the Excessive Rollers.
