Just when you think fat bike tires are starting to trend smaller, along comes another 5″ tire to challenge those assumptions. Until now, the Vee Tire Co. Snow Shoe 2XL was the only tire that was a true 5″ or larger, even though many slightly smaller tires were lumped into the category. The latest tire to qualify is the new Terrene Johnny 5.
What is wrong with manufacturers? !!!!!!??????
Thousands of post on fatbike forums from people every person who bought and use the 2XL vee tire snowshoe. Almost everyone said love this tire, but would love even better a wider, smaller knobby and lighter casing tire. Then Terrence makes a tire exactly like the 2XL?
Are they complete buffones? Why do this? They could have out sold vee tire by just making it with a thinner casing or smaller knobs or both…..
@ascarlarkinyar – The main problem with us is that we don’t design our tires to work well in the forums, we design our tires to work well in the real world. Im sure there are a lot of people dreaming about a low-treaded, large tire, but there is really very little purpose for that tire. In a condition where a large volume is needed, the surface is so soft that a large amount of tread is also needed. I think the tire you are asking for already exists as the Schwalbe Jumbo Jim 4.8, and to be quite honest, we wanted much better performance than that in soft conditions that warrant an extremely large volume.
The primary thing that sets us apart from most other tire manufacturers is that our design team rides fat bikes in Minnesota and Montana on a daily basis. So, while a low-treaded tire may have been easy to market by posting super low weights, it just isn’t ideal for this purpose in the real world.
The Schwalbe Jumbo Jim addix 4.8’s kick any Terrene fat tire to the curb! and at over a pound lighter per tire. Terrene copies other company designs and keeps farming out junk fat bike tires. Wazia was a major fail and company warns riders not to use it as a front. Cake Eater is not as good as the new JJ’s, and this Johhny 5 is 1.2 lbs heavier than a Schwalbe 4.8. I see no need for such a gigantic tire in the middle of winter, where a pair of these adds 2.5 lbs of rotational weight to the bike… for what? 0.2 inches more tire width? MooseTrak will eat it alive this winter.
Thank you Terrene! Living in the Canadian snowbelt, we get hammered with snow. When things warm up, it can also get icy. Where I live we don’t have a lot of groomed trails so I have been dreaming about a tubeless ready, studable Bud and Lou for years! Who cares about the weight … its a FAT BIKE. And if 2 lbs of big tires make the difference between riding or walking, Im gonna choose riding, every day of the week!!! I guess there will always be haters, but Papa bear is gonna get me a pair of these!! Thanks for not producing yet another variation of everything that is already out there.
Thanks Terrene….Jarrod has obviously no clue as to what he is talking about. The JJ is truly the WORST tire in deep snow; period. The JJ may work well on your packed trails, but in loose snow its sucks….always had. Only reason why people ride it is because its light (deleted).
This J5 will work for it’s designed purpose….loose. deep snow. And we have alot of that here in the 907.
Amen, the JJ 4.8 is DEATH on ice or deep, loose snow- the lugs just don’t have enough grip and it’s not studdable off-the-shelf. Great on machine-packed if that’s your thing, but that’s not always an option in places like Alaska. I’m currently very happy with Cake Eater 4.6 and am looking forward to trying the J5 on the front of my bike for some deep snow floatation.
