Anyone else interested in these? Thinking about ordering a couple from the UK, but shipping is expensive. That is unless I order a bunch and we split shipping. Anyone interested shoot me a PM. Looking to do this ASAP, as in tomorrow
Hey, an Ardent 2.4 with better grip sounds great. Sign me up.it's very comparable to the ardent 2.4 it replaced.
Worth reading the whole thread, though. Link.I'll throw another tire into the mix, the on-one Chunky Monkey. This is a Maxxis built tire. It is build on the Ardent 2.4 EXO casing, with 2 compound options. The Trail Extreme is 50/42, and the Enduro is 50a (not 60a). I can't provide too much of a review yet as I only have 3 rides on them, but my initial impressions are that these are keepers. The tires are massive, have a bit more of a square profile, and have what I would call a transition knob about every 3 knobs. I prefer tires without transition knobs, I couldn't get with the Hans Dampf, and think it is terribly overrated, at least here in the desert. Anyway, my tires weighted in at 802/816g, have a nice stout sidewall, setup tubeless well, and the compounds are spot on. When looking at the CM, I thought the side knobs should have been taller, but I am rethinking this. The side knobs are very well supported and do not flex. Even with the 42a compound.
On the trail, these are not the best rollers, but who cares? These are about traction. I find the braking to performance to be excellent, front and rear. When leaning the bike over, I find they get to the side knobs easily, making it very easy to set the edge, unlike the HD which feels like the tire is fighting me. Once on the edge they feel as good or better than my favorite Specy Butcher tire. The Butcher SX side knobs are tall, but do fold over easily, the CM does not. I find the CM is excellent when things get loose. It holds a line very well which requires very little correction in a straight line.
On the rear, it works very well. The climbing traction is good, maybe not as good as the Trail King, but cornering and braking traction are better. I am running the Enduro compound on the rear, and after 3 rides it shows no signs of wear. After a 9 mile ride on the HD Pacestar, it looked like I had a month of riding on it.
I will update my review soon, but this is an exciting tire. $30 and free shipping for a well designed Maxxis tire, count me in. On-One Chunky Monkey 26"x2.4"
Here it isPut a little more time on the CM last night on moist/tacky dirt and some wet roots. It rocked on that!
Also figured out the tire squirm on the side knobs a little. Shiggy posted one of his friends thoughts in another thread on a CM and it mirrors what I was noticing too. The tire is a boss when straight vertical. It just doesn't like to be slightly leaned over, once leaned over good, it's a hooking machine again. In other words the tire likes to be ridden aggressively. Most of the places I was noticing the squirm was low speed hardpack corners where you couldn't get aggressive with the lean.
I've now put it through most of the trail terrain types I ride (hardpack, loose over hardpack, dry root gardens, wet roots, wet rocks, and damp tacky soil) and it's been an awesome tire on them all. Also one of the easiest tubeless tires I've ran to date.
I MIGHT get a Maxxis HR2 when they are available to try, but I think I'm set on a front tire.
The ChMonk keeps you rolling better.Damn. I just ordered a new Ardent for my Honzo... Maybe Ill try to sell it and buy a monkey.
How is the monkey in rolling speed compared to the Ardent?
Ill probably run it up front with a rampage out back.