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Goodyear Wrangler Jumps from Jeeps to Enduro Bikes with New MTB & eMTB Tires
Jul
Goodyear brings their iconic Wrangler off-road tire to mountain bikes with all-new front- & rear-specific treads designed for dry and rocky path using. Identical to you would possibly slap some large Wranglers in your Overlander for a visit into some desert slickrock, now your enduro bike or your eMTB can get an identical meaty mountain bicycle tire setup, too…
Goodyear Wrangler enduro mountain bike & ebike tires
Developed for long-travel mountain bikes, the brand new Goodyear Wrangler is an open blocky MTB tire. They designed it to supply mega grip on dry hardpack, unfastened, and aggressive rocky trails. Including to the wetter situations Newton, now Goodyear can supply a wider vary of burly MTB tires for many situations.
“The Wrangler is an thrilling addition to our mountain bike lineup. As the latest member of our gravity vary, it sits subsequent to our common Newton and targets dry and rocky situations. Over the course of the Wrangler’s growth, together with a number of iterations, prototypes and an in depth area check program in a wide range of situations and trails around the globe, we’ve really give you a tire that that helps allow a greater experience. With a lot grip and assist on faucet, the Wrangler provides you the arrogance to maintain it extensive open always.”
– Bastien Donzé, Goodyear Bicycle Tires Product Director
Tech particulars
The brand new dual-compound mountain bike Goodyear Wranglers are available in entrance MTF & and rear MTR treads with softer rubber up entrance, and two constructions – Enduro and a brand new ElectricDrive casing. Just like the earlier Goodyear bicycle tires, bike tire specialists Rubber Kinetics additionally developed these new Wranglers.
Goodyear say they took design inspiration from their motocross tires for these bike Wranglers, creating open designs with sipes lower into each tread block for further edges to chew the bottom.
The blocky tread patterns are fairly comparable entrance to rear. However there are some key variations within the heart lugs and their structure. Goodyear designed the entrance Wrangler MTF with enhanced grip and directional management for steering, that includes a 3-2-2 heart block structure and angled main edges to all of these central blocks. The rear-specific Wrangler MTR alternatively optimizes rolling velocity and acceleration/stopping forces with a 3-2 structure and extra edges perpendicular to the path of journey.
As to tire development, the Wrangler options an all-new ElectricDrive casing optimized for ebikes. The brand new casing mixes highly effective grip with a sturdy construction to guard and preserve pedal-assist vary. The development is definitely totally different for entrance and rear tires, with further sidewall construction out again to handle the heavier rearward weight stability on full-power eMTBs and the truth that ebike riders spend extra time seated on the saddle than most pedaling mountain bikers. Each tires prolong a tricky butyl layer excessive up the tires sidewalls for further pinch flat & lower safety.
Goodyear Wrangler – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Goodyear Wrangler bike tires can be found now for enduro bikes and eMTBs. Goodyear make the entrance MTF tire as 29er-only, whereas rear MTR tires are 27.5″ or 29″. Entrance tires are both 2.4″ or 2.6″ widths in both development model. And rear tires are 29×2.4″ or 27.5×2.6″, whether or not you decide enduro or ebike casing.
Claimed weights vary from 1095g for the narrower enduro entrance tire to 1405g for the 29er eMTB rear. And our check samples that simply arrived are fairly near the claimed figures and +/-7% Goodyear states.
It doesn’t matter what measurement or development you want, they’ll all value you $85 / 76€ per tire.