I finally decided to try out some real off-roading, so I put on my brand new set of MBS T1 tires. Liam and I drove up to an awesome park in North Portland, and we tore around for a bit.
Unfortunately, our ride was cut short due to the fact that these MBS T1 tires are absolutely garbage.
I have never had a flat tire before today. I’ve put about 500 miles on a set of bergs, and 200 miles on the CST 7.5" tires that were on Mistfall before today. These T1’s lasted for less than 8 miles before two of them popped.
The first one that popped, Liam and I were about a mile away from his car. I didnt want to walk all that way, and I still had hope that our ride could continue, so I spent 10 minutes on the side of the road patching the tire. It has been punctured by a small nail. That patch seemed to work great, so we kept riding, but headed back towards the car.
We looped back through Pier Park (where we were off-roading on the packed dirt and gravel trails), and about a quarter mile from the car the second tire popped. Want to know what popped that one? A fucking stick. We were close enough to the car that I just lugged it back, as I was too fed up to bother patching another garbage tire.
All in all, I’m pretty sad these didn’t work out. The combination of bindings and knobby tires gives great control on dirt and gravel, and I was having a blast ripping around the park. Im going back to the trusty CST tires for now, and when I’m ready to go off-road again I’ll pick up some of those rock hard AliExpress tires.