Originally Posted By: Muniac
I hope I don't regret saying this. I've never changed a tire on the trails. Have ridden out on flats a couple of times without any issues other than it's slow. Much faster than pushing the bike, however.

In cooler weather the rubber supports the rear pretty well even less any air pressure. The front flaps and tugs at the handlebars a bit. Manageable if you're careful.

Having skills is always a good idea. So hats off to those that can deal with trail side repairs. Be safe.


Perhaps one of the benefits of the fairly light weight XT. The flats I've witnessed were on bigger (400-650cc) bikes and they got ugly pretty fast. It chewed up the tires pretty bad, they weren't useable.


This shall pass, be still and know.
2006 XT225, UNI filter, ProTaper bars, MSR handguards, SS front brake line, Shinko 241's.