Winter tyres...

neil_sheehan2000
neil_sheehan2000 Posts: 529
edited December 2007 in MTB buying advice
Yes, I know, everyone must be getting really bored by all this talk of tyres and stuff by now, I'm sorry, and I have used the search function already, I promise, but...

Does anyone know of a skinny but soft compound tyre that might be good for Winter use? Ideally, I'd like a Maxxis High Roller 2 or 2.1 inches wide in the Super Tacky 42a compound, but they don't do that. I've already got a High Roller 2.35 42a on the front, but want somethig slimmer on the back, prefferably with good grip on wet rocks and roots as I mostly ride the Seven Stanes and Scotland's getting a wee bit wet at the minute. Something by Maxxis would be good, I just really like them. Could go for the same tyre on the back as I've got on the front but it feels too slooooow and it's not like I'm some sort of DH monster or anything. Just don't like falling off...

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  • clanton
    clanton Posts: 1,289
    Maxxis Swampthings get good reports, otherwise Bontrager do a mud tyre - can't remember the name but also well thought of. I'm still using old Schwalbe JImmy's for winter use and really like them in muddy conditions, lousy in loose dry stuff though.
  • Splasher
    Splasher Posts: 1,528
    You want a harder compound on the back - like a 60a - to keep the rolling resistance down.
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  • Dan67
    Dan67 Posts: 658
    clanton wrote:
    Maxxis Swampthings get good reports, otherwise Bontrager do a mud tyre - can't remember the name but also well thought of. I'm still using old Schwalbe JImmy's for winter use and really like them in muddy conditions, lousy in loose dry stuff though.

    do you mean the bontrager jones tyre?
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  • Splasher
    Splasher Posts: 1,528
    No, he means the Mud X but mud tyres are slower rolling and serve a more useful purpose on the front than the rear. High Roller front and back is a good all year combo. Personally I'd go for 2.35s front and rear - 42a front and 60a Maxpro rear. Put about 35 psi front and about 45psi rear and you'll have a good compromise between grip where it's needed and low rolling resistance where it's not.
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  • KeithNMBC
    KeithNMBC Posts: 46
    I have had very good results with Continental Edge 1.9's, they really grip in the gooey stuff and you will probably have masses of clearence. I have also ridden too and from work 16 mile per day,they are slower than a summer tyre (obviously) but they really grab steep mud climbs and corners offroad.

    I have not been bothered to change from trail centre tyres (Maxxis High Rollers) and I have really suffered on the local muddy Thursday night rides I do. Changing back tomorrow :wink:
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