what tyres

rustyg

hey guys i posted the other day about maxxis high rollers, after reading the the feedback i have decided not to buy them so the big question is what tyres do i buy?

i have a giant xtc sx bike it came with nevadas and blue grooves on the bike but they were rlly crap ok for canal riding but i found them crap for trails so i changed them to old tiogas i had on my previous bike i found them better but i want new ones so basically i want a tyre that is ok ok canal/road but something that gives rlly gd grip on the trails i ride at glentress/carron valley and i do some jumps aswell

am completely stuck but i prefer tyres with thick chunky grips if poss

any suggestions price isnt so much of a issue aslong as they gd


cheers rusty

Northwind

TBH the Nevegals and Blue Grooves are among the various benchmarks, they're great tyres... If you find them badly short of grip I think you're probably in trouble! There are grippier tyres of course but if you're dismissing these as crap then i think you just have unreasonable expectations to be totally straight. Unless you're running very high pressures or something? Or the OEM spec isn't the same as the retail spec?

From your description of the riding you do, I'd have said a DTC 2.1 Nevegal on the rear and a Stick-e 2.1 or 2.35 Nevegal on the front. Probably the 2.1 as the 2.35 drags, but it's a bit grippier. Lots of people will recommend High Rollers, another great tyre but they have less grip and more speed so...

You can get grippier but you'll generally start to give away wet weather capability.

toasty

I think you'll find High Rollers very similar to the Nevegals, the tread isn't a mile apart. High Rollers are much thinner as well, if you're using 2.1 Nevegals now I think 2.1" High Rollers will make matters much worse. Is the problem that the trail is muddy and they're spinning?

You might do better with a more knobbly tyre as you say, Nobby Nics, Continental Vertical, Bontrager Mud X etc. Is the front slipping out as well? You might just be able to get another Blue Groove to use on the back while it's wet, then swap the Nevegal back in when it dries out.

The problem with very knobbly tyres is they'll slow you down when riding on the dry. Nevegals are generally classed as quite chunky by trail riding terms.

ratty2k

rustyg wrote:

hey guys i posted the other day about maxxis high rollers, after reading the the feedback i have decided not to buy them so the big question is what tyres do i buy?

i have a giant xtc sx bike it came with nevadas and blue grooves on the bike but they were rlly crap ok for canal riding but i found them crap for trails so i changed them to old tiogas i had on my previous bike i found them better but i want new ones so basically i want a tyre that is ok ok canal/road but something that gives rlly gd grip on the trails i ride at glentress/carron valley and i do some jumps aswell

am completely stuck but i prefer tyres with thick chunky grips if poss

any suggestions price isnt so much of a issue aslong as they gd


cheers rusty

What pressure were you running 'em at? Blue Groove/ Nevegal combo is a cracker.

And, what you are asking from the tyres you describe does not exist, big chuncky tread, soft for lots of grip that roll well on the road? The holy grail of tyres!
Good all round combo is the High roller, 42a soft up front and Maxxpro 60A rear.