Supple, reasonably light, and with excellent traction. These are a great all-around choice for CX racing.
Great tire love the tread pattern and durability
Even though it is described as a mud tire, this one has become my favorite all-around cross choice. Traction is great on grass, and they roll well on every surface I've taken them over. I've run them at 25-40 psi and had no flats to date.
Just put a set of these tires on for the fall racing season, great tire. I was actually really surprised how much traction they get in the muddy and wet conditions. These will be staying on the bike for future races.
Soft, grippy and fast under all conditions.
Excellent all around tire which excels in the mud. Very supple rubber that yields round tire profile. Beautiful.
love, love, love this tire. works well in the dirt, grass and mud.
Good mud and gravel tire. Corners well and hooks up on mud. It wears fast, especially if you ride it on pavement but it's a great all around tire.
I would use this tire in 80% of the conditions a cross racer would find out there, and probably 95% of the ones we'd encounter out here in Oregon. It runs fast on straight line hardpacked dirt and pavement, but really excels in the mud. The PDX sheds mud easily, doesn't pack, and is well suited to off-camber, slippery courses. The only time I would not recommend the tire is a really sandy course with lots of firm, fast turns. Otherwise, great product and certainly a tire I would buy again.
Awesome. 'Nuff said.
I ran these tires front and back last season, and they did great in almost any condition. This included loose hardpack (very good), grass (great), soupy mud (great), hardpack snow (very good), peanut butter mud (okay, but I'm not sure what would have been better), and powder snow (same). As mentioned below, the rubber is soft, so don't use them for training. Racing only, it's looking like one season rear and two seasons front.
I have been running a 70034 front and 70033 rear for the Cross Crusade race series. They do their namesake proud! I am using tubless-specific rims and running the tires tubeless with moderate pressures - between 32 and 40 psi depending on course conditions. I have had good to great performance in all the races I've used them in with the exception of one very slick day when I ran 40 psi in both tires. Too much bouncing and only fair traction. With just a little lower pressure, the tires perform exceptionally. I was previously racing on Challenge Griffo's with latex tubes and the tubeless setup wtih the Clements is definately an improvement, especially in really muddy conditions. The tires seem to clear mud very well. The tread pattern has good, predictible traction and seems to be relatively soft, aiding traction on the variety of surfaces typically encountered in racing (grass, mud, dusty dirt, asphalt, etc). Because of the softer compound, my guess is that these will be a single race-season tire if I use them for a significant amount of training rides as well as races. Lastly, I would credit my Stan's rims with the great tubeless performance I've had. Other rim designs might not work as well for running these tires tubeless.
