What's Your Tyre Of Choice???

podgeorge

I'm sure there are hundreds of MTB'ers, me included who just can't seem to decide on which tyre to buy.
So i thought i would create this thread, so that people can find out what everyone else is using...............
So please consider contributing by telling us:
What bike you have?
Your tyre of choice (list em' all)?
Your type of riding (eg Aggressive trail)?

Thanks

Alex

My tyre of choice is the right one for the conditions and the discipline.

Beyond that, I'm not picky.

nicklouse

Alex wrote:

My tyre of choice is the right one for the conditions and the discipline.

Beyond that, I'm not picky.

same here.

podgeorge

Any pacific tyres??

scale20

All my mates and I ride the same trails and everyone swers by different tyres. Me, Maxxis Ignitors, them a mixture of Fire XC Pro's, Conti Mountain kings, High rolers and so on. Tyre choice is a personal thing and what might be good for you and your bike may not be good for someone else.

I ride a Pace RC506 and at the mo runing Maxxis Ignitors. 2.3 front and 2.1 rear. they are the best so far I have had for my mixture of trail and wild riding.

Surf-Matt

I will be using Spesh Sauserwinds for many years to come I reckon - best allrounder (for XC orientated riders) I have ever used.

Make my Conti MKs look utterly hopeless.

scale20

I used Conti MK's for a good while, the 2.4 on the front didn't half put some grip down in the corners but i found that due to the tread pattern being spaced pretty far appart it leaves quite a lot of exposed tyre which resulted in quite a few slashes or tears to the tyre so I stopped using them.

blister pus

different tyres for different jobs.

Spesh Sauserwind
Michelin Hard Terrain
Michelin All Terrain
Kenda Nevs
Conti Traffic
Some large Kenda OE tyres suitable for snow rolling

There are more but those are what I've rotated recently.

P-Jay

XC Bike - 2.3 Highrollers, dual ply atm but next lot will be folding. Supertacky front, Maxpro. I ride trail centres - Afan, Brechfa and CC mostly and some local trails. The conditions are pretty much uniform in all weathers so no need to have a lot of different ones for that.

DH - all sorts, I tend to stick to Maxxis as they're easy to work out the intented use for and I like to have different compounds.. 2.5 & 2.7 Minions & Highrollers, swampthings are good. Even used Wetscreams once on an insanely wet day in Les Gets, they're insanely good in deep mud, right up to the point you get on some woodwork and they're terrifying. lol

JamesBrckmn

original stock tyres: Rubena charblysis sport 2.0 - not that great, not particurly fast, not very grippy either, and heavy, not good in mud as they had low wide knobs, and they were quite fast wearing too

current:
rear: specialized the captain 2.2 s-works - fast, quite grippy, puncture resistant, good dual compound, fatter than they say, but fastish wearing and not great in mud, but cheap

front: maxxis ardent 2.25 60a folding - grippy, fastish, thinner than stated, and puncture prone, and fairly expensive

planned next tyres:
maxxis minion dhf 2.35 60a folding single ply at the front
maxxis aspen 2.25 60/62a at the rear

so i don't have a tyre of choice, but when my current ones wear out, i'll see how the aspen and minion combo work out

boneyjoe

For XC: Schwalbe Rocket Ron 2.25 (for damp courses, ie almost always!) and Racing Ralph 2.1 (for dry); Ron on front and Ralph on back works well too. Bontrager MudX 2.1s (for very muddy courses), though will probably go for 1.8s next time.

For Commuting / Road Training : Schwalbe Marathon Plus 1.5.

kona_matt

MatelotFreddy wrote:

podgeorge wrote:

Any pacific tyres??

I prefer Atlantic ones

i quite like antarctic.

seriously though, i'm currently running maxxis high roller 2.35 60a wire bead front and rear and have been all winter but about to swap the rear for a kenda small block eight 2.35 folding now that it's drying out. this covers all my riding from local XC in the fields and woods to trail centre (cwm carn, afan, lakes). will also run similar in the alps this summer.

I haven't got time to change tyres often.

lawman

nobby nics ftw

altho i used to swear by a set of intense system 4 ex dc lites, they were by far and away the best tyre ive ever used, until i bought the nics then i was an instant convert. not as such grip as the s4's but sooooooo much lighter, i saved nearly 300g a wheel

dan shard

Nobby Nics 2.25 on front and Racing ralph 2.25 on the back, although I find the Ralph a bit slippery on the trails so I might replace it with another nic when it needs changing

glauciaregina9

I've just fitted Maxxis Ignitor 2.35's front & rear.

Great at Llandegla. Much improved over my previous Specialised Enduro's.

However, at Whinlatter last weekend I found them slipping a lot on the damp Lakeland rock and loose shaley stuff. First time I've ridden in these conditions - is this normal, or are the Ignitors not best suited to Whinlatter?

rubins4

I've got some 2.1 maxxix aspens. Havent actually ridden them yet, so time will tell if it was the right decision, but they are marketed as a fast rolling lightweight tyre with knobs on the side for reasonable cornering grip. Given my type of riding, which involves more road miles than i would care to admit, I think they should be the right choice. I cant remeber the last time I saw any real muddy conditions, so outright grip isnt an issue for me. at 20 quid a tyre, it makes the likes of the nobby nics etc a bit pricey, but as stated, I havent ridden them yet, so we shall see.

hoochylala

Been using 2.1 Nobby Nic upfront and 2.1 Racing Ralph outback year round.

Anonymous

i like eskars on my enduro

i like captains on my stumpy.

if eskars were available in a more narrow tread, they would be fitted to both of my bikes.

x-isle

For a while I was using Conti MK on my Orange 5 for trail, xc and freeriding. Including many different types of conditions. They where "OK", until they just went off, plenty of tread, just didn't grip anymore unless I ran them at low pressures.

I then used some Spec Enduro Pros, great tyre, but the sidewalls are too thin for agressive riding and I split one after 2 rides.

Now I have Nobby Nics, but I have the Snake Skin ones. Not only do they grip like sh1t on a blanket, but the sidewall is very tough!

They might be expensive, but so far, I'm hooked on them

dan shard

hoochylala wrote:

Been using 2.1 Nobby Nic upfront and 2.1 Racing Ralph outback year round.

Cube?

*AL*

sheepsteeth wrote:

i like eskars on my enduro

i like captains on my stumpy.

if eskars were available in a more narrow tread, they would be fitted to both of my bikes.

+1

Would also like Sauserwinds in 2.0 (as they do in the States, but not for the UK market :? )

neninja

Currently running Dirty Dan XC 2.0's - great in the wet and muddy conditions we've had recently and very light so spin up quickly. Just a bit draggy on tarmac and hardpack surfaces.
I'll swap to Racing Ralph 2.1's when the routes I ride dry up a bit

CycloRos

I've been through more tyre combo's than is probably healthy

My current favs are Nobby Nics unless the trails are bone dry (pfff yeah like that happens much) in which case I'll switch to Small Block 8s.

Hercule Q

i prefer round ones


at the moment i'm using highrollers. I will be putting some ardents on after next week

Dirtydog11

If you want a tyre that grips and doesn't let go try a single ply Maxxis Minion ST on the front. Yes they're slightly heavy and yes they do drag a little (not as much as Highrollers) but for out and out grip nothing I've tried comes close.

I still haven't found a good all round rear though.

SDK2007

Depending on conditions I use

Specailized
2.35 Eskar
2.35 Clutch SX

Schwalbe
2.25 Furious Fred Evo
2.4 Rocket Ron Evo

Continental
2.2 Race King Supersonics
1.75 Travel Contact's (commuting}

Maxxis
Swampthing DH - Dual Ply ST 2.35
Minion - ST 2.35

Bontrager
2.0 Mud X

The Eskar tyres are amazing for general all purpose All Mountain riding. I've just got the Schwalbe FF, RR and Conti Race Kings but they are amazing - very light weight with little to no rolling resistance.

Surf-Matt

Everyone stuck on 2.0 or more tyres - try 1.8 Sauserwinds. Not only do they weight almost nowt, they also have very little rolling resistance yet also "bite" into mud and keep you going.

Old school Land Rovers (and newer farmer biased ones) have slim tyres to cut through mud - showy fat tyres often just try and float over it and fail.

Our work Landies ran on very slim tyres (modded 110s) and could pretty much outdrag anything off road.

Fat is not often best.

supersonic

Currently running SpeedKing Pros on the Carbon, and Tioga Red Pheonix UST on tother.

cat_with_no_tail

I've got some Schwalbe Fat Albert Snakeskins on the 456, bit draggy on the road, but if you're using them mainly on the road you've bought the wrong bike

Loads of grip in all conditions (I've now been able to try them in deep mud and dry dusty lovelyness).

Being Schwalbe though, expect them to be expensive.

spongtastic

Sauserwinds, Storms, and Resolutions, Vapour Protections.

Storms - best mud tyre I've ever tried, not too bad on the road
Sauserwinds - Good everywhere else
Resolutions - because I'm too lazy to pull everything out the cupboard for the Sauserwinds
Vapour Protections - Because I'm cheap and I've got them. Block quickly in clay or thick sticky mud, nowhere near the stated 600g weight. Surprisingly resistant to thorns and cuts though. Although I've just jinxed myself and will now suffer the death of a thousand holes.

phz

just switched to michelin wildgrip'r 2.1s (from spesh the captain s-works 2.0s) and loving them so far

(aluminium HT with 100mm forks FWIW)

slainte 8) rob