Panaracer Spike Tires

The Panaracer 26 x 1.95" Spike F is a designed as a front tire and is said on the tire patch label that is made of 100% hard compound. The Spike is made in Japan, only with the Kevlar folding bead. Its tread pattern repeats at 22mm intervals. The pattern itself is simple enough and seems to share some stylistic aspects with the early OnZa Porcupine tires, but instead of relying on a round cone, the Spike uses a square pyramid shape with a blunt top. The base of the square is roughly 10mm x 10mm, rising to become 5mm x 5mm at the top of its 8.5mm height. There are two rows of blocks in each repetition. One row is made of a pyramid block spaced 2.5mm on each side of the centerline. The second row has rectangular blocks approximately 13mm vertical x 9mm horizontal in size at the edges of the tread leaving 29mm of clear area between these edge blocks. The Spike F is available in a Skin sidewall or a Black tinted casing fabric to look like a sidewall. We found the Spike F actually had the hardest rubber compound we tested showing a durometer hardness of 75/A.

Spike F 26 x 1.95" - Kevlar/Skin/Black $ Price in Catalog
Spike F 26 x 1.95" - Kevlar/Black/Black $ Price in Catalog

This is the mated rear to the Spike F. Made in Japan, the 26 x 2.00" tire is said to have 100% hard compound. The Spike R tread pattern repeats at 45mm intervals and is based on two type of center blocks flanked by edge blocks. A pair of hexagonal blocks 12mm in diameter at the base straddle the center line. These hex blocks have a conical shape reducing in diameter to 7mm across at the top. Two of a 13mm by 7mm rectangle placed at an outward angle from the second row At 1.5mm from the centerline at their nearest, their outermost edge is 13.5mm from the centerline. Long, 21mm by 14mm edge blocks provide the outer turning support. Pitched at an angle, these have a much large base with sidewall support and leave a 26.5mm wide area in the middle of the tread open. These edge blocks exist between each pair of the central hex and rectangular blocks. The Spike R is available in a Skin sidewall or a Black tinted casing fabric to look like a sidewall. We found the Spike R, like the Spike F, actually had the hardest rubber compound we tested showing a durometer hardness of 75/A.

Spike R 26 x 2.00" - Kevlar/Skin/Black $ Price in Catalog
Spike R 26 x 2.00" - Kevlar/Black/Black $ Price in Catalog