Yes, another tyre query!!!!!
blobfish
Posts: 3
Hi,
1st time poster on here. Hello all.
I know there are hundreds of tyre advice posts but none I found cover my query and I hope this one is a bit more specific.
Just recently got back into mountain biking after a 10 year absence :oops: and Im building up a chameleon. I was looking at putting a nobby nic up front with maxxis ignitor on the rear both get good reviews and I am planning to run them tubeless.
Firstly, a guy I work with who rides said he didn’t think this was a good combo due to the profiles of each tyre. One being to round and the other to square, in cross-section, and this could make the bike handle strangely when cornering. Is he correct?
Secondly, I’m unsure what size to go for. I could get them both in 2.1 or I could go 2.25 for the nic and 2.35 for the ignitor. I’d prefer the later, due to the riding I’m planning on doing. However I think the 2.1’s may be better for the winter months? Also I’m sure I read somewhere on here that it’s better to have the fatter tyre up front which wouldn’t be the case if I ran the larger set up.
Im a slim 14st ride up in east Scotland and ride a mix of everything but mainly trail and try to keep off the road as much as possible.
All thoughts welcome folks.
Cheers.
1st time poster on here. Hello all.
I know there are hundreds of tyre advice posts but none I found cover my query and I hope this one is a bit more specific.
Just recently got back into mountain biking after a 10 year absence :oops: and Im building up a chameleon. I was looking at putting a nobby nic up front with maxxis ignitor on the rear both get good reviews and I am planning to run them tubeless.
Firstly, a guy I work with who rides said he didn’t think this was a good combo due to the profiles of each tyre. One being to round and the other to square, in cross-section, and this could make the bike handle strangely when cornering. Is he correct?
Secondly, I’m unsure what size to go for. I could get them both in 2.1 or I could go 2.25 for the nic and 2.35 for the ignitor. I’d prefer the later, due to the riding I’m planning on doing. However I think the 2.1’s may be better for the winter months? Also I’m sure I read somewhere on here that it’s better to have the fatter tyre up front which wouldn’t be the case if I ran the larger set up.
Im a slim 14st ride up in east Scotland and ride a mix of everything but mainly trail and try to keep off the road as much as possible.
All thoughts welcome folks.
Cheers.
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Sizing wise, it's bad to have a skinny tyre up front with a fatter rear. However, I really don't like a skinny rear, so always run the same sizes front & rear, which is fine. I seem to get too many pinch punctures on the rear if it's skinny, even with full sus. On a HT I find the rear quite harsh with a skinnier tyre. If I was racing XC, then maybe I'd think differently.
What was it in particular that you like about the combos you've suggested?0 -
I'm not sure of your logic for this combo. With Winter coming, I'd put a 2.35 Ignitor LUST on the rear and a 2.35 High Roller LUST on the front."Internet Forums - an amazing world where outright falsehoods become cyber-facts with a few witty key taps and a carefully placed emoticon."0
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Reason for that combo was purely down to good reviews. I'd read that the nic was a good directional tyre hence sticking it up front.
I was considering the high roller but some reviews said it was skittish in the wet and had weak sidewalls. It's like a lot a reviews though, some people totally rave on whilst others berate it.0 -
Nobby Nics have a worse reputation for weak sidewalls.
Maxxis Exception carcasses are quite weak (lightest), single ply a bit stronger, LUST a bit stronger again and Dual Ply the strongest (heaviest)."Internet Forums - an amazing world where outright falsehoods become cyber-facts with a few witty key taps and a carefully placed emoticon."0
