***Tires are available to the North America market only. Any orders outside North America will be canceled.***
Many of us are long-time enthusiast who collects mountain bikes from the early period during which our love for cycling eventually became and obsession. We all routinely uncover new finds from the 80s & 90s which are well worth restoring and riding, but whose tires are beyond saving. Thankfully we now have Terra One to keep us rolling
Terra One address the need for classic MTB tire designs from the 1990s with modern production capabilities. They incorporated the following design elements, which ideally suit earlier mountain bikes.
- Large, tall, simply-shaped tread elements
- The 80s called, and they’re bringing big blocks back
- A slightly directional, but not position-specific, tread pattern
- Use the same tire both front & rear; a simple flip changes the grip
- A round tire profile
- Consistent cornering control over all surfaces, from soft through hard
- No graphics printed on the beige, 120TPI sidewalls
- How much more beige could they be? The answer is none – none more beige
- Folding, yet not tubeless-compatible, beads
- The only thing harder than mounting some tubeless tires to old rims is removing them
LIMITED EDITION RIDER T1 Light
These are the same great T1 tires you love at a reduced weight.
You, the rider, will benefit from a more supple ride quality and improved dynamic response (acceleration, braking & agility). However, this also means that the RIDER T1 Light will likely be more susceptible to sidewall damage: from cuts, scrapes, exposure to UV light, and underinflation.
In pushing the lower limits of weight possible with this design and specification, occasionally a tread block or two will have been molded with soft, rounded edges, instead of the usual sharp, square corners. You can see an example of this inside a yellow circle in a close-up shot in the product gallery.
In addition, with less translucent, undyed rubber material covering the sidewalls, one will see more details of the underlying fabric, especially the joint at which the casing has been joined to itself by hand on the build drum during the making of the tire. Also, the shades of beige may not be as consistent as the standard version: both from point to point around a single tire, and between the two tires which make up a pair.
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