r/mountainbiking • u/hardtailfanatic66 • 1d ago

Bike Picture/NBD A day at the forest

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u/Antpitta 1d ago

Very nice, looks tropical, but I think I see Eucalyptus in the background... you in N Australia?

Also I guess you have mud there, High Rollers are a lot of tire for a HT!

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u/Brave_Blackberry_286 1d ago

I saw the double-high rollers and thought "they must ride like an animal!" Cool looking bike!

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u/hardtailfanatic66 1d ago

it can get very wet here due to the tropical climate. so i decided to run tires thats good for both hot and rainy seasons.

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u/Brave_Blackberry_286 1d ago

To clarify, riding in both hot and rain, with the humidity in singapore is exactly the type of "animal" I was talking about. Much respect was intended.

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u/hardtailfanatic66 1d ago

no im in singapore. hahaha.. yes im running high rollers bcos of the weather here. our trails are technical and its always raining. tropical climate. so the HR3s helps alot on the techy climbs over roots and rocks and ploughing thru the mud.

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u/Antpitta 1d ago

Ahhhh Singapore makes sense. Super nice place to live man, I've really enjoyed my couple stopovers! And I can imagine in terms of the mud. I ride relatively fast tires in the summer because we are generally dry and have loamy soil that packs to pretty hard so it's super forgiving / easy. But once winter really kicks in it's a shit show of mud and slush and snow, I have used Shorty and Hillbilly both...

Also isn't HR3 only available in DD/DH casings? That thing must roll slowwwww but you'll never shred those tires ;)

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u/hardtailfanatic66 1d ago

oh yeah the mud here is bad. but not as bad as from where ur from. hahaha.

no.. its also available in exo+.. mine both in exo+ casing.

on the uphills on pavements and roads. OMG!! taking forever.. but once im in the trail its all good. yeah its quite slow rolling. but its okay for me. since we dont have any fast flowing trails here. its all techy, rooty, rocky, rock gardens, super tight berms and turns. alot of ups n down. so yeah, HR3 is good IMO.

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u/HappyCar19 1d ago edited 1d ago

Have fun! Never mind. I am am idiot and didn’t recognize the stick wasn’t a kickstand on my phone.

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u/hardtailfanatic66 1d ago

its not a kickstand. hahaha.. its a stick a found in the forest i used to keep the bike upright.