New Tyre choice (Halfords)

tbeat

Guys,
i have vouchers to use up in Halfords and am in need to get some fresh tyres for my mtb. i do mostly XC riding, fire roads, some off the track stuff etc... looking for an all rounder tyre really front and back. I see they do Maxxis tyres and continental, just looking for experiences of what best i should be looking at

thanks
Trevor

.blitz

My personal opinion would be to give the Halfords vouchers to a friend or relative and have a look on nextdaytyres.com or bike-discount.de

The all rounders from Maxxis or Schwalbe are all pretty good have a look at Ardents, CrossMarks, Advantages, maybe High Rollers, Nobby Nics, Hans Dampf that sort of thing. The folding versions are quite a bit lighter and roll noticeably quicker.

rapid_donkey

Dont get the continentals, or at least not the mountain kings, they constantly puncture (speaking from experience!). Maxxis high rollers are a good choice, i believe halfords stock them.
Otherwise sell the vouchers to somebody, and get some panaracer fire xc pro's!

cooldad

Maxxis Ignitor. Preferably Exception model.

The Rookie

As above, sell or use the vouchers for something else, once Halfords stopped doing Panaracers (got some cheap in the sell off though) they don't really do any I would call as good value for money (except the city jets) as most are overpriced compared to what you can find them for elsewhere.

Simon

tbeat

cheers all,

looks like i will put the vouchers to some camping equipment instead and grab tyres else where.