One thing that’s been lurking around in my forebrain is rolling resistance. I’ve always thought that the Reign “feels” slow and I’ve done a lot of research into tyres (perhaps one of, if not the most important aspect to bicycle performance?). My 2.35 Nevegals seem to be a slow rolling tyre, many people world wide, including magazine tests, conclude that the 2.35 wide tyre is a slow tyre, but apparently the 2.1 is fairly fast whilst still offering a lot of grip. I’ve been hesitant to put thinner tyres on the Reign to this date but after seeing a Yeti 575 at the Yeti stall over last weekend’s World Cup, and talking to the sponsored rider who gave the 2.1’s a thumbs up for trail riding I thought I’d at least give it a go.
I’ve put the 2.1 Nobby Nic’s off my Titanium project over to the Reign and I’ll see how they go out on the trails. The bike now weighs in at 12.6kg’s, should roll a lot faster, looking forward to testing them out.