Just for a change...............what tyre question

Tyneamite
Tyneamite Posts: 380
edited March 2010 in MTB buying advice
Ok Ladies and Gents
My beloved happy shopper/my mums/joblot special tyres, that I have done maybe 1000+ on has packed up on me, the side is starting to tear and shred,

MY question is...what tyres should i go for next? I do some xc riding, like keilder water, gravel/loose stone tracks, pavement, and bridleways, WHat do you guys reccomend as a decent tyre? Sometimes the thickets/brambles hit the sides of my bike.so something wiht flimsey/thin walls not reccomended?
I was looking at the Bontrager LT3 or the continental traffic

the tyre must be between the 2.0-2.1 i dont want bigger chunkyer ball breakers
A bike is only as good as the rider!

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  • Tyneamite
    Tyneamite Posts: 380
    anyone?
    A bike is only as good as the rider!
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    Conti Traffics are a great tyre and can dig in very well, they're just heavy. I replaced mine with Michelin XC Hard Terrain (a 2.0) and for more grip, Michelin XC All Terrain (probably you) I've got 1.85 and 2.0. Those are my day to day runabout tyres.
  • Tyneamite
    Tyneamite Posts: 380
    thx m8 looking now,
    aslo....with me being a shall we say a lager lad? twin ruckscaks on front nad back and all...!
    would it make any differance on the quality of the tire? ie with a softwall am i mor elikely to cut and fray the walls over a harder wall tyre?
    A bike is only as good as the rider!
  • Tyneamite
    Tyneamite Posts: 380
    hahah checked them tyres on crc m8..is there any differance between front and back?
    just its £13.99 each or £29.99 a pair LOL
    A bike is only as good as the rider!
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    as far as I'm aware that 'pair' is a CRC price fook up.

    if you're heavier, load up on baggage and tend to be a clumsy rider you might want to go for something a bit beefier. Actually, if you're not arsed about weight the Traffics are a good option, tough as old boots.
  • Tyneamite
    Tyneamite Posts: 380
    all of the above m8 LOL!
    I will be attemping the coast to coast later this year amongst other long hauls, so i need something really durable, but also something thats not so heavy,
    I will probably have a panier on back of bike with stuff on too
    A bike is only as good as the rider!
  • bigG101
    bigG101 Posts: 8
    let me know what yi gaaan for tyneamite, am deeing the same ride,, need to change out my 2.10s for summik better.

    cheers man

    G
  • richg1979
    richg1979 Posts: 1,087
    michelin xc dry 2. or the xcr if you want a bit more toughness over weigt, but ive been using the 2.0" xc version on my ht for a while now at around 40psi and im 16 stone and ive never touched them, very fast on road/hard pack, there lightish and cope well in the wet but not to good on wet roots.

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