CKNSLS wrote:
Desert Captain wrote:
Still chuckling over all of the Maxxis bashing (consider the original source - a guy who makes a lot more selling China Bomb's). Reminds me of the mindless ignorant Michelin bashing that pops up from time to time. Both tires have EARNED their respective reputations for being a quality product. The sheer numbers of their product in the marketplace dictates the validity of their quality. A crank or two alleging that these products are garbage is absurd.
Believe what you will folks and continue to vote with your wallet, your call, but please do not expect me to buy into the nonsense that Maxxis or Michelin for that matter are anything but a quality product. If you want to run China Bomb's have at it... change one of their blowouts alongside I-10 sometime and you might just change your mind (been there done that). :S
And how do you explain the SEVERAL Maxxis failures that have been mentioned on this board recently? probably the same way you want to explain that Carlisle now makes a better tire, you don't wish to look at what other people are experiencing! You can belive the Earth is flat too-because you can only see the horizon!
Not having seen the posts you allude to, I'd like to see the DOT info from these failed Maxxis tires. IIRC, Maxxis does now have a plant in China and, if true, and these tires came from there, I'd have more an issue with the Chinese QC than Maxxis in general. I can firmly say that, if I ever buy a set of Maxxis, I will insist that the tires not have a Chinese DOT code.
Lyle
