What does the team’s typical tire setup look like? Is that to keep the tire inflated enough to ensure it stays on the rim? Tire inserts have become a bigger thing in XC. Are you guys all running tire inserts? The weather looks a little bit changeable, we might get some rain today. Does it take a lot for the guys to change away from their favorite tire setup? Are tire pressures the same? Do they tend to fluctuate or are they pretty stuck on their pressures? What’s your typical kind of race tire setup? Nothing ever in the front? It’s a bit muddy here but it’s drying up really quick. Do you tend to stay with that Aspen, or do you change it up if it does get a bit too muddy? You got 120 TPI tires on here. Is that pretty typical as well? XC World Cup courses are becoming more difficult on the descents. Does that affect some of your tire choices? What tire setup are you going to run here? And you don’t run inserts either right? Do you change those tires much? I mean, it might be quite muddy here. Are you thinking of making a change? When it comes to tire pressures, do you stick to those pressures or do you change it around depending on the conditions? So first off, give yourself a little introduction. We’re talking about XC tires today. What’s the most commonly used XC tire you’re seeing your teams use? Tire pressures are always an interesting topic for people to discuss. We’re seeing tire pressures at XC probably go lower than they’ve ever been. Do you get the feedback from the teams that they’re running low pressures? Thats really low. A lot of them are running inserts too they say that it is to fend off punctures and get to a technical zone. Do you guys do a lot of work with them on that side of things? XC tracks are getting more and more extreme. I’d say they’re a lot more of a tough challenge. Are you seeing riders choose different compounds, different sidewall materials? What tire setup are you running right now on your bike? Is it something you change a lot? Do you tend to stay with one tire you like? You also run tire inserts too and you’ve got a bigger one in the rear and a smaller one in the front is that right? Are you using it for like a safety blanket kind of thing to make sure that if you do get a puncture, you can get back to a technical? As the tracks are getting a bit more extreme do you think it’s going to be more important than ever now? I mean, there’s some pretty big rocks in this track. What tire pressures do you run? Do you change that much or are you kind of stick to one pressure? So you’re a Maxxis team, what tires set up are you running on this bike? Both Aspens front and rear. Is that pretty typical? It’s pretty muddy here. It’s not very Valley of the Sun this week. Do you think there’ll be a tire change to deal with the conditions? What is the reason behind the rim change? This field section out here, the start finish straight and stuff. What tire pressures is she running? Lower than I think people will be expecting to hear. Does that change a lot? You’re running tire inserts front and rear, right. Is that all the time? What tires is Jens running for this? Are these going to be what he’s running for the race? Does he really tweak around with it at all? What’s the thought process there when it’s really rainy? Do you have a wet setup that you just jump straight to? Is there a big kind of gap between the tires, or is it pretty easy to cross over? Looking at the Severe from here, there’s not a huge jump in tread between the Aspens and the Severe. It’s the mud tire that’s really a big jump, is that right? Tire pressures, what’s his normal race setup? We see the downhill guys change up tire pressures quite a lot, does Jens change his?
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