Little bit of tyre advise please

Drzoidberg

Hi all,

My rear tyre tread has had it, and with a little one in the house I am on a budget, so I am after some advice on a replacement.

Thought I would get a little creative and try a different tyre on the rear to the front.

So I am thinking of moving my one good Continental Vertical to the rear and sticking a Continental mountain king on the front. Fater on the back with more nobble than the front is the plan.

Is it a good idea to mess about with different tryes or not? Or is the general consensus get 2 the same?

leaflite

Generally, you want the grippier, fatter tyre on the front not the rear.

Drzoidberg

Whats the reasoning for that? I would have thought more tread to bite when your peddling on the rear.

1mancity2

Fatter tyre on the front give you more grip on turns, you turn your back end follows the front so makes sense to have bigger, gripper tyre on the front also helps with braking.

Anonymous

It all depends of course, on your riding terrain.
If you ARE noticing a lot of slipping on th erear due to some monumental climbs, then a big rear tyre makes sense, but for the majority of us, a skinny, fast rolling rear, with a grippy front, for braking and turnning, work best.

kinmofo

yeehaamcgee wrote:

It all depends of course, on your riding terrain.
If you ARE noticing a lot of slipping on th erear due to some monumental climbs, then a big rear tyre makes sense, but for the majority of us, a skinny, fast rolling rear, with a grippy front, for braking and turnning, work best.

thith maneth thpeaketh the truthth! 8) i have mine like that, 2.30 front, 2.10 rear.

kinmofo

yeehaamcgee wrote:

It all depends of course, on your riding terrain.
If you ARE noticing a lot of slipping on th erear due to some monumental climbs, then a big rear tyre makes sense, but for the majority of us, a skinny, fast rolling rear, with a grippy front, for braking and turnning, work best.

thith maneth thpeaketh the truthth! 8) i have mine like that, 2.30 front, 2.10 rear.

kinmofo

yeehaamcgee wrote:

It all depends of course, on your riding terrain.
If you ARE noticing a lot of slipping on th erear due to some monumental climbs, then a big rear tyre makes sense, but for the majority of us, a skinny, fast rolling rear, with a grippy front, for braking and turnning, work best.

thith maneth thpeaketh the truthth! 8) i have mine like that, 2.30 front, 2.10 rear.

Drzoidberg

Sounds about right i am 2.2 rear and 2.3 front so happy days, I'll give it a spin this afternoon and see what happens.

Cheers for the info