Tyre choice

jamesst

Hiya, Ive just come back from a gorgeous afternoon ride up my local woods, a question popped to my mind, what difference to my ride would fatter tyres make? at present i'm using conti speed king supersonic 2.1's, also what speedy fatter tyre would u recommend(XC)

nik young

if you dont mind me asking how do you find the speed kings ? speed,grip etc

jamesst

nik young wrote:

if you dont mind me asking how do you find the speed kings ? speed,grip etc

Don'tmind at all, very quick, grip is a bit suspect in the wet lol but so so so rapid

nik young

cheers for the info

projectsome

if you don't mind me asking, i have the exact same colour bike (mines a fisher) where did you get the red discs or did they come with the wheels?

but to answer your question
I've only ever had 3 tyres on my bike.
stock bontrager
panaracer xc pro <these were the best.
bontrager continental <not my favourite I'd say

BlackSpur

I love my Kenda Small Block Eights. Conti are notoriously small for their size and Kenda big for their size - the 2.1 Kenda will likely be a fair bit fatter. Alternatively they do a 2.35.
The Maxxis Crossmark is another tyre i considered when I got the Kendas.

jamesst

projectsome wrote:

if you don't mind me asking, i have the exact same colour bike (mines a fisher) where did you get the red discs or did they come with the wheels

They r hope floating rotors and come in many colours, got em frm Wiggle....lovely aint they!

Captain Turok

I've got the same tyres and really, really like them!

I also bought a pair of the 2.1's and thought I wanted a bit more volume (but couldn't/can't imagine putting something heavier on :oops: ).

So I put a 2.3 (SpeedKing Supersonic) on the front, but left the (slim) 2.1 on the rear and it works for me.

Used them through the winter this year to and I can now fix punctures in record time! :twisted: