Front and rear tyres choice, mix or match?
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Hi,
I was looking into some new tyres and it got me thinking about what factors affect your choice for a front or a rear tyre. I've always just had the same tyres on both wheels.
What characteristics does one look for for each end of their bike?
Can it make a difference?
I was looking into some new tyres and it got me thinking about what factors affect your choice for a front or a rear tyre. I've always just had the same tyres on both wheels.
What characteristics does one look for for each end of their bike?
Can it make a difference?
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http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... Pro%20Tyre
as they have got great reviews and i can get them in red to go with my bike. aint I just so vain 8)
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Can the same be applied to XC/trail riding,
Effect of differnt tyre widths front and back. Tyre patterns etc
Can you set up your bike in such a way?
Typically you need less grip from the back so that lets you use a narrower tyre or a harder compound at the rear to let it roll easier.
For example in winter on my XC bike I run a 2.3 Maxxis High roller Maxpro (hardest compound they do) on the rear and the same tyre but a Supertacky compound on the front. This gives me my preferred balance of grip on the front with the minimum amount of rolling resistance possible (again just my preference), in summer I use a Maxpro front and rear.
Friend of mine who's much lighter than me, runs a 2.1 Highrollers front and a 1.9 rear.
But there's nothing to say you can't run, different, compounds, makes, types, sizes, anything front and rear.