Kenda Kikzumbut vs. Primo The Wall tire?

I was looking at my Kenda Kikzumbut on my freestyle uni and The Primo
The Wall tire on a friends freestyle uni and I fail to see a difference
between the two when mounted on the unicycle. I haven't had a chance to
ride on the Primo tire but from what I read around here it seems to be
an awesome tire. My Kenda provides little to no traction between my foot
and the tire when there is even a little moisture on either my shoe or
the tire so I was thinking it might be time to try a new tire. It could
also just be that I need a different style shoe to work better with my
current tire but I'm not sure. I have a waffle pattern tread on my shoe
if that makes a difference. Thanks


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How can you not see a difference, they are blatantly different tread
patterns.

Anyhow, the Primo, I think, is a tad heavier, but I find it to be a
better tyre. I have run both on unicycles and BMX, and I'd go for the
Primo's any time. The only tyre I'd choose over a Primo Wall, is the
KHE Premium Mac2.


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Fraggle wrote:
How can you not see a difference, they are blatantly different tread
patterns.

Anyhow, the Primo, I think, is a tad heavier, but I find it to be a
better tyre. I have run both on unicycles and BMX, and I'd go for the
Primo's any time. The only tyre I'd choose over a Primo Wall, is the
KHE Premium Mac2.


I guess what I meant to say is they look extremely similar to me, and
thanks guys.


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when running at 80+ psi, the tires perform very similarly to me. The
Kenda has a bit softer rubber compound but I find it's still a great
freestyle tire.

If you find a tire that you can wheelwalk when it's wet let me know - I
doubt such a thing exists. Water (and rough ground, wind..) is your
enemy when doing really hard stuff.


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flyer wrote:
when running at 80+ psi, the tires perform very similarly to me. The
Kenda has a bit softer rubber compound but I find it's still a great
freestyle tire.

If you find a tire that you can wheelwalk when it's wet let me know - I
doubt such a thing exists. Water (and rough ground, wind..) is your
enemy when doing really hard stuff.



I'm just curious as to why you'd want to have a tyre on a freestyle
unicycle at 80 psi? It'd be rock hard, basically defeats the purpose of
a tyre lol.


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SkierAlex wrote:
I'm just curious as to why you'd want to have a tyre on a freestyle
unicycle at 80 psi? It'd be rock hard, basically defeats the purpose of
a tyre lol.



Spins, pirouettes, frontspin, backspin etc. are way way easier with a
nice high pressure tyre on a smooth surface.

80 PSI is not particularly high if you compare it to road bike tyres
which are typically run at 110 PSI (or even higher)

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flyer wrote:
If you find a tire that you can wheelwalk when it's wet let me know - I
doubt such a thing exists. Water (and rough ground, wind..) is your
enemy when doing really hard stuff.



I'd say see if you can track down a KHE Premium, and give that a go,
see if you can find someone with one that you could try / borrow, as
they are a tad more expensive than other tyres. I used to ride bmx, the
only tyre i used the last 2 years of bmxing, At one point I rode ramp in
the rain on metal ramps on a set of them tyres, and they weren't as bad
as I thought they'd be.


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