Hey guys, with more and more 2.6 tires being available in the market these days
here's a quick check of the 2.6 Maxxis Rekon 29er.
Pretty standard for Maxxis the details of the tire
are provided on this label. First of all this is
made in Taiwan just like all their other tires.
These key features, cornering and rolling efficiency,
this is relative to the class of tires so I assume this is
going to be relative to the Cross Country tires that they have.
This is designed for an aggressive XC trails.
It does have the wide trail, or WT casing
optimized for wider rims. You see the 30 to 35 millimeter specified here.
This particular one uses the triple compound, Maxx Terra,
it is the tubeless ready variant
and it provides 120 TPI casing
which makes the casing a bit more flexible for better rolling resistance.
The three icons here are the same ones to be found on the sidewall of the tire
and you see them here, triple compound, Maxx Terra, EXO protection
that is the sidewall protection, and tubeless ready.
Also on the sidewall here you can see
that the maximum pressure is 40 psi and yes, it is a Maxxis Rekon.
I'm gonna use the Rekon with this Ikon 2:35 in the back
this is a triple compound tire as well
Maxx Speed which is better rolling resistance. By the way Rekon doesn't
exist in Maxx Speed it is either Maxx Terra or Dual.
The weight of the tire is 799 grams
It is 780g on the spec sheet.
On the label I just removed, a few pieces of
information here don't remember reading before.
Tire mounting should be performed
entirely by hand, I don't know why
Inflation should be performed with
the use of a hand pump only.
I was curious to see what this scan for
mounting instructions was. Unfortunately when you scan that QR code
I got this... so I guess I'm going to just install it the good old way.
Looking at the thread pattern, this is quite substantial, pretty tall knobs overall.
You can see the center knobs being nicely ramped up just for better rolling resistance.
These tinier intermediate knobs, very similar
to the ones on the Ikon, and the cornering knobs
quite tall, and they have that L shape found on the DHR2 or DHF.
The Rekon is considered a more aggressive Ikon
but if you look at a thread pattern you can see that they are quite different.
As opposed to something like Ardent vs. Ardent Race.
The cornering knobs are way more
aggressive on the Rekon and they're shaped differently.
Also the center knobs here, even though they're ramped up on both
You can see the pattern is different.
This looks very similar to something like a DHR2.
That gives you all those nice surfaces here for good braking performance.
One last thing, the tubeless ready version of their tires provides this
very smooth and rubbery tire bead and that is in contrast
With something like this which is not tubeless ready.
and you can see the texture here on the tire bead.
And yes, this is not as smooth.
In my experience both variants work very well tubeless.
So if you want to save the few extra grams
you can go for the non-tubeless ready version no problem.
I will be installing these tires on a set of
Stan's Arch MK3 rims
with an internal dimension or ID of 26 millimeters
also the height of 16 millimeters as you see it here.
All I needed was a bit of soapy water here on the tire bead
and I could install it by hand.
This is a directional thread pattern so make sure you keep an eye on this arrow
on the non-drive side sidewall of the tire.
Maxxis recommends leaving the tire at the
maximum psi overnight, and that's exactly what I did.
Now I have it inflated to 25 psi, let's take some measurements.
Rim height is 16 mm and tire height to this tallest knob is almost 76 mm.
Tire casing comes up to 61.5mm or 2.42 inches
Measuring the very edge of the side knobs
I come up to almost 2.5 inches, or 63.5 mm
Height of the center knobs is 3.1mm.
Height of the side knobs is 5.2mm,
so about 2 mm taller cornering knobs
versus the center rolling knobs.
The tire has a pretty round profile very similar to the Ikon.
Also similar to the IKon, the casing is almost the same width
with the thread, and that is on a 26mm ID rims. I can only imagine
how this casing would be even more exposed if you install the tire
on 30 or 35 mm rims like Maxxis recommends.
On the downside, the narrower rim profile
might not provide as good of a support when you're pushing these tires hard.
Clearance is not too bad on this non Boosted Pike
and the tire looks pretty beefy, pretty nice
exactly what I was looking for as a pair for the Ikon.
Clearance in the rear will be tighter but remember I had 2.8 tires on this
bike so I should be good.
And that's pretty much all I have guys
What kind of tires are looking forward to try this season?
If you have any questions for me
let me know in the section below.
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And until next time, looking forward
to riding this on the trails guys.
Cheers!