Wider tyre: Front or Rear

Foll Zofalot

At the risk of sounding like a numpty, here goes :oops:
I am currently running Bonty Mud X 26x2.0 front and rear but I have a Bonty Jones ACX 26x2.2 kicking about and thought I would give it a go. So would I be better with the wider tyre up front or does it really depend on riding style, terrain etc. :?
Cheers.

diy

up front - on the basis that its easy to deal with a rear end slide than a front. But skinny front and chunky rear is better for climbing.

The Northern Monkey

I'd keep the mud x on for winter personally...

Foll Zofalot

Yup, definitely running my Mud X's over winter but thought I would try this out for a month or two hopefully before the weather turns. Have been meaning to try this out for ages but never quite got round to it!

The Northern Monkey

Before the weather turns?!

Foll Zofalot

Wimp!

rubins4

bigbenj_08 wrote:

Before the weather turns?!

Foll Zofalot wrote:

Wimp!

haha!

xtremedash

You want wider up front for better braking and turning grip. Narrower at the back allows for less rolling resistance.

dave_hill

Definitely wider up front for more grab.

Northwind

Whichever end you feel you need more grip on. Which is almost always the front, but not always, depends where and how you ride. When I started riding again I found that I didn't need that much front grip because I wasn't riding that hard or fast, but I was always running out of rear grip on climbs because I didn't have great technique (and with retrospect, I was riding silly climbs).

But these days I run more grip on the front. I just don't think it's as clearcut as people think. The tyres do different jobs, I consider each one seperately.

P-Jay

Front -

loosing the back end is fun and usually and easy fix, loosing the front is usually sun bathing time.

And when you're climbing/crusing most of the weight is on the back so is effected by the dreaded rolling resistance more.