winter tyre choices....

snik
snik Posts: 37
edited September 2011 in MTB buying advice
having some trouble picking what im in need of. im by no means a pro rider, but i do enjoy a good thrash round local trails (cannock, wakerly, sherwood)

i have 4 choices so far:

maxxis swampthings:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=4616

maxxis minion:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=4620

Tioga Factory DH:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... odelID=402

Continental Baron 26 x 2.3" Folding Tyre
http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/64 ... -tyre.html

obv budget doesnt want to be over the top, which is whats moving me towards the Factory DH. i just want something that can handle muddle trails, and not slip.

thanks in advance

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  • 1mancity2
    1mancity2 Posts: 2,355
    I use a Minion up front and a high roller out back all year round with no problems.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Swampthings are a pretty extreme conditions tyre. They will make the bike roll as though it weighed a ton!
    Not reccomended unless they're really needed.
  • snik
    snik Posts: 37
    i've heard that about the swamps, very heavy duty tyre. im running captains atm (came on my specialized) and they are a great tyre, but when its wet and boggy, your out on your arse
  • kenan
    kenan Posts: 952
    I run a minion back and front all year round on my AM machine changing the front from a 60A to a super tacky in the winter.
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Tioga Factories are pretty rotten. Minion's a good tyre but an allrounder rather than a winter tyre, not brilliant at mud but not bad at it either. Depends what you want it to do.

    Swampies are good tyres but yep, you don't want them fitted unless absolutely neccesary, it's like having the brakes on.

    Bontrager's Mud X is a great rear mud tyre, don't like it on the front though.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    mountain kings are rocking it for me at the moment!
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  • Growmac
    Growmac Posts: 117
    I have run HIgh Rollers front and back for the last couple of years. They are not the best at anything, but work well at everything. I'm about to swap my new AM onto a pair as I'm not convinced about the Fat Albert / Nobby Nic combination in slime.
    1994 Clark Kent F12; 2004 Mount Vision; 2011 Canyon AM 7, 2012 Canyon Torque FRX 6, a unicycle and a Brompton.
  • snik
    snik Posts: 37
    thanks for the comments guys. in anyones opinion, what would handle trails best? obv under winter conditions?
  • Growmac
    Growmac Posts: 117
    Define 'trails'. Trail centres? If so, which one?

    Maxxis Ignitors are amazing at Nant y Arian but nearly killed me at Coed y Brenin, for example.
    1994 Clark Kent F12; 2004 Mount Vision; 2011 Canyon AM 7, 2012 Canyon Torque FRX 6, a unicycle and a Brompton.
  • snik
    snik Posts: 37
    mostly cannock, wakerly, sherwood.

    but i like to explore, so just something that can be relied upon. as i said tho, im not some downhill pro thrasher, so nothing ott
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    Panaracer Fire XC/Nobby Nic/High Rollers

    All great for XC and trail centres.
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  • Growmac
    Growmac Posts: 117
    Nobby Nic are great when fairly dry. I've not ridden mine much in the wet so far, but from the couple of rides in the wet I'm expecting to switch over to High Rollers for the winter. 2.35 both ends as I'm not sure I can put a 2.5 on the front of a 32 mm Fox Talas?
    1994 Clark Kent F12; 2004 Mount Vision; 2011 Canyon AM 7, 2012 Canyon Torque FRX 6, a unicycle and a Brompton.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Growmac wrote:
    Define 'trails'. Trail centres? If so, which one?

    Maxxis Ignitors are amazing at Nant y Arian but nearly killed me at Coed y Brenin, for example.
    Likewise, Mountain king 2s are awesome at Coed y Brenin in the wet, but have all the traction of a hovercraft on rollerskates on ice in Llandegla when it's damp.
  • Growmac
    Growmac Posts: 117
    Actually, can I turn my last comment into a question. Could I put a 2.5" HR on a 150 mm 32 mm Talas fork? I don't think it would be any larger than the 2.4" Fat Albert on there now.
    1994 Clark Kent F12; 2004 Mount Vision; 2011 Canyon AM 7, 2012 Canyon Torque FRX 6, a unicycle and a Brompton.
  • snik
    snik Posts: 37
    have heard good things of the Panaracer Fire XC, but only the folding, not the standard XC. sounds like it's horses for courses in terms of what people use?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Growmac wrote:
    Actually, can I turn my last comment into a question. Could I put a 2.5" HR on a 150 mm 32 mm Talas fork? I don't think it would be any larger than the 2.4" Fat Albert on there now.
    A 2.5" high roller is an incredibly heavy DH tyre, I wouldn't reccomend it for normal trail riding.
  • bamba
    bamba Posts: 856
    I think the maxxi ignitor is a under rated tyre , used them front an rear on my old ht, then replaced my kenda nevegal's with them again on my trance,currently got a minion on the back, which dont really suit cannock.
    I'd get another ignitor ( old one pretty worn ) to swap for cannock in the future.still got one on the front.
    My Trance
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
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  • Growmac
    Growmac Posts: 117
    Just looked at the weight of a 2.5" HR. Perhaps not!
    1994 Clark Kent F12; 2004 Mount Vision; 2011 Canyon AM 7, 2012 Canyon Torque FRX 6, a unicycle and a Brompton.
  • snik
    snik Posts: 37
    obviously a heavy tyre isnt good, but whats a good mid way?
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    mrmonkfinger Posts: 1,452
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