Tyre Setup?

jonny2773

As the weather is changing or about to change.....apparantley....somewhere......sometime, i was wondering if i should change my tyre setup.

Im currently running a 2.35 Hanns Dampf on the front and a 2.25 Nobby Nic on the rear and the served me well over the winter months.

I have the old tyres that came of the bike which are 2.35 Maxxis Ignitors, but i would like to know if the Maxxis are going to serve me better over the warmer months or if i should just stick with what im using?

Im will be running them with tubes btw.

cooldad

I use Ignitors all year round - Exception series.

VWsurfbum

depends what/how/where/conditions you ride, and wether it bothers you?
I change my tyres for conditions and what i'm doing, but others like CD ^^^ dont feel the need to change.

bamba

I had a pair of ignitors that a swaped of my old GT to my trance , good all round tyre imo, since replaced the worn rear to a minion ,but still kept the worn ignitor for dry ground such as cannock on a good day

cooldad

VWsurfbum wrote:

depends what/how/where/conditions you ride, and wether it bothers you?
I change my tyres for conditions and what i'm doing, but others like CD ^^^ dont feel the need to change.

Mainly because my normal riding style is the 'pootle'.

bluechair84

Just try em out! See what tyre combos suit you, no one can tell you this. Tyres are personal preference.

Mccraque

I leave the front the same all year....a beefy Rubber Queen...not too disimilar to the Hans Dampf really.

On the back in summer I run either a Conti Raceking or, as at present, a Maxxis Crossmark (which has bigger shoulder lugs than the raceking, but still rolls very fast)

I would probably just stick an ignitor (Maxxis rate this as 3 out of 4 in their fast rolling scale) on the rear, leave the front as it is and save your money!

Roostoids

Without wanting to high-jack the thread, what considerations do people have for the front to rear tyres.

I'm guessing the front should be the thicker, square edged, slower tyre with more tread, offering more grip into corners, it's a lighter wheel anyway and generally holds speed because the rest of the bike is pushing it along.

Ergo, the rear tyre can be a bit more slippery because if the back wheel skids out it's not the end of the ride, the front can be a different matter.

Would people agree with this, generally speaking, for a dry summers riding.

nicklouse

Nope.

But it does depend on what and where you are riding.

Sliding is losing time.

bluechair84

My preference is for a grippier tyre on the front and something with slightly less rolling resistance on the rear for my kind of riding. I like the back end to come out a little. But it's all personal preference. If someone is spending much of their time climbing slippy technical singletrack, then you'll need more grip at the rear than the front.