Obor Tires?
07-11-25 | 01:54 PM
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Obor Tires?
Anyone have experience with Obor bike tires? There was nothing I could find on Google and they have some nice looking folding road tires cheap on ebay. Amazon has good reviews for Obor's ATV tires but that is about all I could find. Thank you for any help you can offer!
John
John
07-11-25 | 02:17 PM
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All I know is the tires have some funny goofy names. Its like they went the Schwalbe route.
Never seen an Obor tire- not on anyone's bike or in a store.
And when one of the two listed features of a tire on their site is 'Bernoulli’s Drain', I cant say I have any interest in being the one to test and see if they are worth the cost or not.
Also, I do love that they claim the very minimal and sparse 'arrow shaped grooves' are effective in balancing cornering, increases stability, and reduces vibration. All that from a handful of shallow and subtle tire marks?!
https://obor-tires.com/rocket-bunny/
Never seen an Obor tire- not on anyone's bike or in a store.
And when one of the two listed features of a tire on their site is 'Bernoulli’s Drain', I cant say I have any interest in being the one to test and see if they are worth the cost or not.
Also, I do love that they claim the very minimal and sparse 'arrow shaped grooves' are effective in balancing cornering, increases stability, and reduces vibration. All that from a handful of shallow and subtle tire marks?!
https://obor-tires.com/rocket-bunny/
07-11-25 | 02:32 PM
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Never seen or heard of them but cheap tires are cheap for a reason and unknown tires are unknown for a reason.
07-12-25 | 10:03 AM
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Never heard of them. But they do have their own website. And a address in the USA. And that is a mark or two in the plus column when considering brands I've never heard of.
https://obor-tires.com/about-us/
https://obor-tires.com/about-us/
07-12-25 | 10:49 AM
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Facts just confuse people
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07-12-25 | 12:02 PM
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Didn’t take much searching to discover that this is yet another Chinese brand from a large Chinese manufacturer in China. They have distributors in various countries, thus the USA website.
English is poor and not revealing in their descriptions of their bicycle tire write-ups. No links to independent testing or even in-house testing. No telling what you will get or how they will perform.
That being said, I use a Chinese saddle on my road bike that I purchased in 2019 for under $40 delivered!
Keep us posted if you decide to take a chance. Good luck and happy cycling!
English is poor and not revealing in their descriptions of their bicycle tire write-ups. No links to independent testing or even in-house testing. No telling what you will get or how they will perform.
That being said, I use a Chinese saddle on my road bike that I purchased in 2019 for under $40 delivered!
Keep us posted if you decide to take a chance. Good luck and happy cycling!
Last edited by Sapperc; 07-12-25 at 12:13 PM.
07-14-25 | 07:03 AM
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07-14-25 | 09:44 AM
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I'm sure these aren't heavy at all and don't have the suppleness of a dried-out eraser.
