tyres for the wet/ mud

FLAT FOOT MATT
FLAT FOOT MATT Posts: 9
edited August 2011 in MTB buying advice
Hi what tyres would be good for wet/ mud xc?

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Round rubbery ones.
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    cooldad wrote:
    Round rubbery ones.
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  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    Bontrager mud x. None finer (IMHO)
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  • d3matt
    d3matt Posts: 510
    Another vote for Bontrager Mud-X. Been using them all summer too. Fantastic in the mud, but also good in the dry and quiet on the road too (although I only really cross over roads!).
    I had recently swapped back my (new) Continental Speed Kings for the last 3 weeks, purely to save wearing out the Mud-X tyres during the summer and I was surprised on the difference and how unstable I felt a few times in mud ruts and on dry flint tracks. I'm now back on the Mud-X tyres again.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    +1 for Bonty Mud X, especially for general riding

    If you re a proper XC race Whippet then the Maxxis Wet Screams are supposed to be good, but I ve no personal experience
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  • Sikora
    Sikora Posts: 519
    I swap to a super tacky Maxxis Minion on the front for wet rides. Gives me a lot more confidence
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    ddraver wrote:
    +1 for Bonty Mud X, especially for general riding

    If you re a proper XC race Whippet then the Maxxis Wet Screams are supposed to be good, but I ve no personal experience

    did you mean the medusa? the wet scream is a downhill mud tyre, I have simular tyres good tyres but not XC fast tyres.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    Medusa then, my bad!
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  • kja
    kja Posts: 259
    Specialized storm control. Superb at keeping clear in the gloopiest mud and dirt cheap too.
  • Ferenc
    Ferenc Posts: 118
    benpinnick wrote:
    Bontrager mud x. None finer (IMHO)

    I was just going to have a look at the forum and see if there was anything better than the Bonragers Mud X Jone as I need new tyres for my bike. I have been using these tyres for a long while as I really enjoy riding in the rain and mud. I can say that I have been very pleased with these tyres and will buy a new pair for my new bike. They shed the mud well. I will be buying the wider 2.2 width though.
  • Simon514
    Simon514 Posts: 35
    Don't go for the nobby nics whatever you do, complete rubbish in the wet and cornering is awful!
  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    Schwalbe Black Shark Mud up front and Nobby Nic out back works for me where I ride
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  • 97th choice
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  • 97th choice
    97th choice Posts: 2,222
    Andy B wrote:
    Nobby Nic out back works for me where I ride

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    Too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye, aye

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  • clwydian_rider92
    clwydian_rider92 Posts: 416
    No one mentioned Panaracer Trailraker? (sorry if I misread).

    No personal experience with them, but when I've asked people in the past, the usual response has been:

    -Panaracer Trailraker
    -Bontrager Mud X
    -Maxxis Medusa
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