Fast rear tyre.

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Really impressed with th 2.35 Ignitor I have put on the front end of my bike but I found the 2.1 Highroller on the rear a little draggy last night. Thinking about a faster tyre to go on the rear and considering the following:

Maxxis Crossmark
Kenda Smallblock 8
Swalbe Racing Ralph
Bontrager XDX

Reviews seem to be really good about the Kendas, in fact I haven't read a bad one yet. The Crossmark seems to be great in really dry conditions but loses everything the second it gets damp so maybe not a good choice. The Bonty XDX came originally with the bike but I changed them as I found them too 'drifty' but that was when I started out and had little confidence. And the Ralphs are always raved about...

Experiences on the above choices please gents/ladies?

Many thanks.

.blitz

A CrossMark on the back is ace for dry trail centres but if you want a really fast rear tyre, go for a 2.25 Rocket Ron. Burlier than a Racing Ralph but not as beefy as a Nobby Nic, it has a mega low-profile so it has the width but not the height. Traction on all kinds of loose, rubbly, rooty, cut-up dry terrain is astonishing and it flies on bash roads but mud is like kryptonite to it.

BTW I was expecting it to be Puncture City but it is holding up very well.

ian220476

+1 on the racing ralph

can't comment on teh others but I have a ralph 2.1 ust on the back and a 2.1 nobby ust on teh front. best combo I have found and does everything I need

PXR5

Do'nt know if it helps much, but the rear tyre of choice here that rolls well in dry/ dusty /stoney conditions is the Maxxis Larsen TT..

ride_whenever

a fast tyre has to be the razer mx, massive thing but so little tread. They do slide around a bit, even tubeless at lowish pressures (25psi) but insanely fast.

mikeyj28

Panaracer Razer XC or the MX version! Bloody fast and the XC isn't as slippy as you may think.

CycloRos

SmallBlock 8's for me - ridiculously fast rolling tyre and surprisingly grippy. I use them on my commute/hack bike all year round for a mixture of off-road/towpath riding.

I don't rate Ralph's having tried them out last summer.

theblender

+1 for larsen tt.

Anonymous

Ooh, careful not to put a faster tyre on the rear of the bike than you have on the front, or you'll just end up riding in circles.

Northwind

The small block is fantastic, it does the same job as the Larsen, just that it grips better in the dry and copes far better with the wet. Fair play, the Larsen's an older tyre but there's not much reason to buy one now, it's obsolete really.

neninja

Another vote here for the Racing Ralph - copes with pretty much everything apart from deep mud and rolls very quickly.

bike-a-swan

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Ooh, careful not to put a faster tyre on the rear of the bike than you have on the front, or you'll just end up riding in circles.

njee20

blitz if you thought the Ron was quick, try a Furious Fred.

The Ralph is a great 'all round' tyre, not great in the mud, but anything else they're fine, front and back. If you do want something really fast then a Fred is absolutely unbeatable. Not much tread though.

BlackSpur

I'm a massive SB8 fanboy, so they have the thumbs up from me

richg1979

i swapped my racing ralph for a maxxis aspen and i wouldnt swap back, just as fast but climbing and cornering grip is way better, i found the racing ralph very skittish esp on loose dry stuff.

RallyBiker

Small Block 8 :shock:

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Well, ended up nipping into Pedalon yesterday to see what they had and ended up getting a 2.25 Maxxis Crossmark LUST. Went for a ride over at Swinley and I was mightily impressed! Rolls really fast, not draggy at all like the Highroller, even though it's a bigger tyre (I ran 2.1 HRs) and grips really well through the bends, much better than I though it would. Well chufffed tbh, this Ignitor/Crossmark combo should see me through the summer! 8)