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Description:Alison Dunlap designed the ADvantage as a high volume aggressive cross country tire that corners great on big side-knobs. It also climbs and brakes with authority thanks to the opposing parallelogram center tread design. Ramped center knobs keep rolling resistance minimal and the wide lug spacing sheds mud easily.
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Submitted by
joel
a Weekend Warrior
from uk
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | lots of traction and agressive tread, good for muddy/all round conditions | | Weaknesses: | Too soft/thin | | Similar Products Used: | Panaracer | | Bike Setup: | whyte 46 | | Bottom Line: | These were the first "Serious" tires I have used. All was well to start, but after a short ride along a canal tow path, I had too many punctures from Thorns to count!
I think the compound is a bit too soft, and allows objects to be "picked up" in the tire and then pushed in upon every revolution.
I repaired the punctures and gave them a second chance, but started to get pinch flats aswell, so decided to change to panaracer tires.
If they were only more hard wearing I'd buy some more but as they are now, no thanks
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Submitted by
Shawn
a
from Kansas City
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Landahl | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Very impressive mud shedding abilities, good on climbs, very low rolling resistance for a 2.4 tire. | | Weaknesses: | None yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Tioga Factory DH 2.3, High Rollers, Minions. | | Bike Setup: | Bottle Rocket. | | Bottom Line: | I don't normally run to mtbr to share my opinions on much, especially if I haven't spent much time with the product. I spent 5 hours riding a set of these tires yesterday and gave them a pretty solid testing on trails that ranged from tacky hard pack to nothing-but-rocks and pretty-gooey.
These tires did pretty well. Pretty damn well, actually. Normally I would reserve sharing any opinions I have about a product until I've used it for a while. But these tires are probably the best 'aggressive XC' tires I've ever used since High Rollers.
I was a little concerned about some reviews mentioning pinch flatting. I ride some really rocky stuff and didn't pinch flat once. Just for the record I tip the scales at about 255 pounds, so pinch flats are my worst enemy. After a couple hours of riding I found myself intentionally putting these tires in situations I wouldn't normally be in. I would throw the bike harder and lower in muddy turns to see how they hooked up and they did fine. Then I would climb a rocky section out of the saddle in a harder gear to see how easily they would break traction; they didn't....at all...ever. Impressive. Then I cased straight into a rock transition on a 6 foot gap jump (okay, this one was purely by accident because I thought I had enough speed) and I didn't pinch flat. I'd have to say these tires are pretty stellar. No tire is pinch flat proof, but I'd say these tires should hold up equally well with other XC tires. What I was most impressed with was their mud shedding ability. We spent the first part of the day cutting in a bunch of new trail. I test rode the new trail, which was all sorts of gooey, with a few other guys. By the end of the trail our tires were packed and covered to the max. But within a quarter mile of getting back on the drier trails (which were still pretty tacky) my tires looked brand new.
Although I wouldn't dream of putting these tires on a DH/FR bike or using these tires on any bike that will be hitting rocks at more than 25mph, if you're looking for a meaty XC tire that won't weigh you down these tires are pretty impressive. These tires aren't a way for you to lighten up your DH/FR bike so I'm guessing that maybe some of the negative reviews of these tire may have been from people hitting up some higher speed runs with these on bigger bikes. But I could be wrong.
If you ride XC and would like a meatier tire, these are worth checking out.
I've never given anything a 5 star/tire/chili review but I think I'm going to have to say these are worthy of the highest rating. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Norman
a Weekend Warrior
from Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Sullivan Cyn | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles | | Strengths: | Braking grip, cornering grip. Fast roller. | | Weaknesses: | Sidewalls are thin and thus vulnerable. Common story for lightweight tires this size. | | Similar Products Used: | Rampage, Nevegal, Spec Resolution | | Bike Setup: | Kona Coilair Supreme | | Bottom Line: | Excellent all around all mountain tire. Braking and cornering inspire confidence. Uphill drive also quite good. 60a rubber is a good compromize in grip, rolling resistance and wear. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Les Botha
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne , Australia
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lysterfield / YouYangs/Westerfold park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Good traction on the loose stuff. | | Weaknesses: | Drifts a bit. | | Similar Products Used: | Hansveture, crossmark. | | Bike Setup: | Gaint Trance 1 | | Bottom Line: | It has good traction when climbing in various terrains, but gets bit loose in corners, but hey its early days yet.All round i will keep it for a bit longer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Weekend Warrior
from Henderson NV.
Date Reviewed: December 17, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bootleg | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Good traction, High flotation.
Wear far better than Kendas. | | Weaknesses: | None that I can find. | | Similar Products Used: | Geax Sturdy, Kenda Kinectics. | | Bike Setup: | 06 Mountain Cycle San Andreas DHS. | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the 2.4 Advantage.
I love these things, as a high volume all mountain tire.
I'm stumped by the ripped sidewalls complaints. I ride in sharp lava rock at Bootleg Canyon and have never ripped a tire.
I use the 2.4 Advantage up front and a 2.35 Minion DHF on the rear with very good results.
The terrain I ride on is usually dry, but is a mixxed bag of loose, hardpack and off camber rock slabs. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen Kay
a Cross Country Rider
from Newcastle, NSW. Australia
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Mt Stromlo | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Grippy, predictable all rounder | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Geax Sturdy, Tioga yellow kirin & blue dragon, Ritchey Z-Max classic & Elevador, Hutchison Piranha, Maxxis Larsen TT etc | | Bike Setup: | Stock Giant Trance - doesn't need any modifications. | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the 2.1 foldable version.
These are a great all round tyre which I use on the front with either a Hutchison Piranha or Maxxis Larsen TT on the back. While they aren't the best front tyre I've ever used (that would be the Tioga Yellow Kirin) they are pretty close and half the price in Australia. Very predictable, good wear and despite what others have said, they are tough - although I'm not using these puppies for AM, only cross country, trail riding and enduros. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a Downhiller
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Secret, CO | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | The Fix | | Strengths: | Low rolling resistance.
Decent climbing/braking traction. | | Weaknesses: | Mediocre cornering.
WIMPY SIDEWALL! | | Similar Products Used: | Panaracer, Kenda, Specialized, IRC, etc. | | Bike Setup: | Intense Uzzi VPX, DHX 5, Totem fork, Avid Code brakes, Hadley/Mavic 721 wheels. | | Bottom Line: | I was initially disappointed when I put these on because they tend to drift pretty badly when cornering in loose sand & rock, but they do roll fast so I thought I'd give them a fair shot. Unfortunately they didn't give me a chance. On my 3rd ride with these I managed to tear the sidewall on a rocky decent. Granted it's a steep trail with plenty of jagged rock, but I ride this same trail weekly and have never ripped a sidewall on it using other brands. After reading other's posts it seems this wasn't just a fluke.. These are coming off tomorrow. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder, CO, US
Date Reviewed: July 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | West Mag, Rusty Buys | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Nice looking tire, good traction and seem to have a low rolling resistance | | Weaknesses: | Weak sidewall | | Similar Products Used: | Panaracer, Specialized Enduro | | Bike Setup: | Giant Reign1 XL | | Bottom Line: | Loved this tire until the sidewall blew. After checking the rubber around the rupture, there appeared to be no scuffing or anything that looks like a rip. It looked to me as if there was an incomplete coverage of the ply on the sidewall. Also the rubber is thinner than paper on the sides. In my opinion, this is a dangerous tire. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brotherhood of the wheel
a Racer
from The Bucket, RI, USA
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lumpkin's Pumpkin | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | bikeman.com | | Strengths: | High Volume. Great cornering. GRIP!!! Rolls great for a tire with such crazy grip. Controlled drift on loose-over-hardpack is great. I've used the eXception series 2.1s going on 3 seasons now and I won't stop. I run the eXceptions tubeless with stan's yellow tape. The hold their own on anything from moist and loamy to dry and rocky. Hicky hockey in da mockey!! | | Weaknesses: | None. Some say the sidewall wears out but hey, it's a tire. Especially the race compounds, if you get a season out of them that's plenty. If you want stronger sidewalls (and more heft) get the LUST tubeless version. | | Similar Products Used: | Lots of MAXXIS. | | Bike Setup: | Scandium HT, Fox 80mm, disc brakes, Stans tubeless | | Bottom Line: | Papi says, to do da job - get da phat knob | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
El Chingon
a Downhiller
from Santa Clara, UT
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcupine Rim, Moab | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | These tires are great in the corners, and the high volume makes for a nice wide footprint. These tires also have great braking traction | | Weaknesses: | The sidewalls are the worst of any tire I have ever run. My riding group have purchased 7 of these tires, and 5 of them have tears in the sidewalls after less than 2 weeks use. | | Similar Products Used: | We usually run Kenda Nevegals, and Schwalbe Big Betty's. | | Bike Setup: | 2007 RFX. 2007 Zoke 66 SL ATA, Push'd DHX in the rear. Avid Code disc brakes. | | Bottom Line: | I really like this tire at first. I hyped it to all my buddies after only 3 rides or so. Cornered as well as a 2.5 Nevegal, and braked even better. So all my friends bought them, and within a couple of rides, they all started getting tears in the side walls. The bottomline is, that this tire needs a thicker sidewall, and it could the best AM tire on the market. Until that happens, we will no longer endorse the Advantage. Back to the Nevegals, and Big Bettys for us. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john
a
from nc
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | These tires have many strengths. They roll fast,they grip wet or try, and they corner great. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Maxxis High Rollers, WTB Velociraptors | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is these tire are great. I really liked my High Rollers, so much so that I bought them more than once. However these ADvantage tires are incredible. I cant believe that they are better than the high rollers in everyway. They work in mud, on wet roots, and on loose over hardpack. They climb as well as the high rollers which is saying something. I have the 2.4's and they roll over everything, they are like having an extra inch of travel up front. They roll so much easier that I can pull a higher gear than I did with the high rollers or the velocirators. The velocirators are not even in the same leaque. Bottom line, buy them, they are awesome. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Billy
a Weekend Warrior
from Out West
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything technical | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | These were the 2.4's. The traction for climbing and cornering is pretty good when you find the sweet spot for air pressure. Great high volume tire. Rolls pretty good for a bigger tire. | | Weaknesses: | SIDEWALLS!!!!! Advertised as an enduro all-mountain tire. NOT!! Sidewall on one tire gave out and tore before even two months. Other tire is showing excessive wear on sidewall also. Single-ply 60 TPI=weak for this type of tire. I know Maxxis makes a bunch of single-ply tires and they all hold up pretty well. Wonder what happened to this one. | | Similar Products Used: | Continental 2.3 vertical pros, currently 2.5 diesels, WTB's, other various tires that I can't remember right now | | Bike Setup: | '05 CDale Prophet with some non-stock stuff | | Bottom Line: | Tires have great traction for climbing and cornering, but other than that, nothing. Rode these tires in the same places I have ridden other tires and these just didn't hold up. All the other tires I've had in the past held up much better than these. The sidewalls are just weak. They are very prone to cuts and tears due to being so thin(single-ply and only 60 TPI). Even just scuffing them on rocks seemed to be taking its toll on them. I questioned that when I bought them, but thought I'd give em a try. I only had about 350 miles on them. Oh well, you never know until you try. The one that is still kinda good just hangs in the shed in case I'm ever in dire need of a temporary tire. Have to give em 2 flaming turds for value since they are kinda spendy and 2 more flaming turds for the overall since they do offer pretty good traction and high volume of air, but that's bout all. If you do ride where it isn't too rocky, they might work pretty good. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T.N.T.
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | All Teknikal Trail Out There | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | R.E.I. Boulder | | Strengths: | I bought the 2.4's for the front and rear of my Yeti 575. These tires are the BOMB!!! They hook up great on slanted rock slabs, great traction through loose dirt and will roll over just about anything in it's path. Quick response and lightweight. Low rolling resistance as I can coast faster than some of my friends with smaller skinnier tires. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Maxxis Minion DH (2.35) | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Yeti 575; Fox Float RLC; FSA Carbon Cranks and Spinergy Wheels. | | Bottom Line: | Buy a set of (2.4's) and you won't be disappointed. Made for the All Mountain type of riding in you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter C.
a Cross Country Rider
from Washington
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Foreign | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | BTI | | Strengths: | Good grippy tires, good braking, farely elastic. Do not get clogged with mud, relatively low rolling resistance for the 60a compound version. Light. | | Weaknesses: | Unfortunately, these tires/I run 2.1 kevlar 60a/ are a bit too lose, as metioned in some of the other reviews. initially they felt so unusually loose that I thought that I might have a loose bearing or something.Not the case, and if you are not too picky, one can get used to that feeling, because after all it is just the feeling of the tire, they do not slide out or "tuck under". My dissapointment came with the tear of the sidewall of the front tire. I do not recall any serious contact or accidents on that side of the bike. I am somewhat dissapointed at that weakness, maxxis should know better than that/had a larsen tt for 2 1/2 years!!/ | | Similar Products Used: | Irc mythos xc, maxxis larsen tt, huchinson python gold pro, vredeshtein dirter, etc.... | | Bike Setup: | decked out treck 4500...xt, xtr, my custom build wheels, avid 185 mech's dirt jumper 3 "04.... | | Bottom Line: | good tire, weak sidewall, use caution in rocky terrains!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Lopez
a Downhiller
from Phoenix AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | any one I can find. | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | BAD ASS! Fairly wide tire for its rating! Not bad at all | | Weaknesses: | Will drift on ya, if you don't watch it! they come predictibly when you get use to them. | | Similar Products Used: | tioga factory XC, IRC Mibro's, | | Bike Setup: | Jamis dakar XLT, Fox, Manitou, FSA, all the good stuff! Badd ass bike as well! | | Bottom Line: | Maxxis in my opinion makes the best tires out there. this is a great on to add on to the family, fairly new, came out last year. tried em out, once you get a pair, you won't want anything else, Bottom line, these tires rock! they hold cornering, eccelerate quikly for so big a tire! there sidewalls are armored heavily, you can run em low, no prob. Pretty much, if you want a great XC tire that can hold up to All MTN @ freeride conditions, yet still be fast and strong, you won't be dissapointed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grant
a Cross Country Rider
from Macon, GA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Arrowhead Park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Tech | | Strengths: | High volume makes for a great hardtail ride. The traction in corners is remarkable. Get the harder durometer version and they last a good while. | | Weaknesses: | That the easiest tire to get up to speed in a race. | | Similar Products Used: | Maxxis High Roller, Ignitor, Ranchero, Larsen Mimo. Fire XC. | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | I raced and rode these all last season. Great grip in corners and a nice cushy feel out back. If you are the hardest of hradcore XC racers, you might feel compelled to call these boat anchors, though, and go with something that is lighter and rolls a little faster. For general riding or for endurance events, these are perfect. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Outriding
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton, AB
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Good volume (2.4) - measure like many 2.5s | | Weaknesses: | None yet, but wear might be an issue. These aren't 'STICK-E' but they are soft. | | Similar Products Used: | Blue Groove, Yellow Kirkins, Evil Twins | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | Fast rolling, big volume tire that you can pedal up, and air down if you need. I find they have handled well in all conditions, including mud. Their only real challenge was wet rock, but I was up near 50PSI - which if I aired down, I'm sure would have let these hook up better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
freddie
a Cross Country Rider
from harbor City, CA USA
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Light weight for a full knobby 2.1 tire (590 grams on a digital scale). | | Weaknesses: | Knobs are very weak. After one semi-rocky ride, some of the "wings" between the center knobs were tearing and the center knobs themselves were starting to crumble. | | Similar Products Used: | Kenda Nevegals in 2.1 and 1.95, Fire XC Pro, Specialized Roll X. | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight with wheels built by Gravy Wheels (Mavic 517, Hugi 240 S, DT Supercomp spokes). | | Bottom Line: | Maxxis sells two compounds a softer compound designed for racing and a harder compound for more durability. I e-mailed Maxxis and they informed me that the softer compound tire holds up pretty well for day to day use. NOT! The knobs showed major amounts of wear after 1 ride.
Kenda Nevegals have excellent durability even though the rubber durometer is no harder than the Maxxis. Traction (IMHO) is better as well. If you decide to get the Maxxis tire, it would probably be best to at least put the harder compound version on the rear. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerry Dion
a Cross Country Rider
from Rochester, NH
Date Reviewed: April 22, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Mt. Isinglas Gonic Trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Nice round profile. The side "AD" treads really bite and hold corners well. Seems to have low rolling resistance and makes for a fast, aggressive tire. Best for fairly hard, dry terrain. | | Weaknesses: | Does not shed mud as well as other designs. | | Similar Products Used: | WTB Motoraptor, Panaracer Fire XC Pro, WTB Epic | | Bike Setup: | 04 Weyless SP Pro. Maxxis ADvantage 2.1 | | Bottom Line: | Get these if you need a good all around tire. Put em on the front and rear for extra bite around corners. These treads will really grab like no other. Fairly fast and light. OK in the mud, but better for hard, dry conditions. These will be my permanent tires year-round! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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