tyres (mountain king ii) - 2.2 all round or 2.4 front?

felix.london

Dubcat wrote:

Just to clarify i ended up buying the protection version of the mk2 (which is made of black chilli) and the black chilli version of the rq.

Exactly what I've got coming from Germany

felix.london

felix.london wrote:

balmybaldwin wrote:

Cat With No Tail wrote:

I might give the UST versions of these a try myself. My Nobby Nics are just about done now. It's just the weight difference that puts me off. Putting these on will add almost a pound to the bike overall. Adding a pound to the wheels just seems very counter-intuitive to me.

The Rubber queens are great as UST and are black chilli, but you can't get the MK in UST with Black Chilli which is really annoying

But the MK(2)'s are what he was talking about i.e. the title of the thread

And as stated earlier, even on Conti's site those bad boys weigh in at 800g for the 2.2" version :shock: so I'm guessing they'll be closer to 820 or 830g each! That's insane!

dubcat

felix.london wrote:

Dubcat wrote:

Just to clarify i ended up buying the protection version of the mk2 (which is made of black chilli) and the black chilli version of the rq.

Exactly what I've got coming from Germany

Lol i should hope so, I bought them based on your advice!

benpinnick

felix.london wrote:

benpinnick wrote:

@felix for someone riding the kind of terrain you do, I'd suggest (although you've bought them now!) that the Bontrager XR4s in either a 2.2 (which is a real 2.2) or even better the mahoosive 2.35 would be ideal. Im running some right now in 2.35 and the kick my MkIIs butt by a considerable margin. best tyres Ive had in a long time, and only £20 too. No UST options mind.

Hmm, sound good. Maybe I'll give the 2.35" a go on the imminent AM build which will hopefully be ready for next summer

..where d'ya get them for £20 ??

All terrain cycles.

felix.london

Look good for the Alps for sure! Very cheap and the 2.35" is lighter than the 2.4" BC Rubber Queen.

Cheers for that.