I have conti vertical 2.3 tyres on my new bike, any goood?

Darra8
Darra8 Posts: 721
edited October 2009 in MTB general
I have conti vertical tyres on my genesis bike, are they any good, as I have not heard of them before?
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Old, but good. for some.

    I ran the Protection version for many years. They have big volume, roll fast, wear well but cab be caught out in wet slippy conditions.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Great tyres. The only problem I found with them was that they tended to get ripped to shreds on things like slate, or flint.
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    I think in rocky, dry and loose gravelly stuff they are awesome.
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  • scale20
    scale20 Posts: 1,300
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Great tyres. The only problem I found with them was that they tended to get ripped to shreds on things like slate, or flint.

    I found that, tried the verticals, didnt like them, tried mountain kings, the bollox on the trails but I found they split easy as said above.

    Im on maxxis ignitors now, the mutts for what I do, roll pretty well too.

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  • meesterbond
    meesterbond Posts: 1,240
    I've used them for years... partly because they seem perfectly adequate for everything I ride on and partly because frankly I'm too lazy to change them.
  • Darra8
    Darra8 Posts: 721
    supersonic wrote:
    Old, but good. for some.

    Old, but good. I tell the Wife that all the time :lol:
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  • snotty badger
    snotty badger Posts: 1,593
    I rate them highly! They are a little on the weak side though.

    When they break away they still feel controled if you get me drift (no pun intended!)
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  • ads4
    ads4 Posts: 698
    I ran them for a while and thought they were great, though I now have High Rollers which i prefer tbh.

    Verticals can be had in the black chilli compound now though.
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  • DickBarton
    DickBarton Posts: 201
    I reckon they are a very good allround weather tyre...works well in all conditions with dependable grip...unless you try some right weird moves then it can at times go a bit pear-shaped, but the tyres give very good performance in all conditions and brake well - or so I've found.
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  • Kiblams
    Kiblams Posts: 2,423
    Have been using them on the front of my bike for a while and can't fault them, the Conti Explorers (26x2.1) on the back wore very quickly but the Verical seems fine still.

    Had to remove them last week as I needed rubber with more volume for my rigid front end (pun intended :P )
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