What tyres

giveit2papalaz

Hi all.. Ive been riding my new rr 8.1 for a few weeks now and have come to the conclusion that the stock michelin country trail tyres are pretty poor in the wet and mud. What tyres do you recommend for muddy and wet trails? Thanks in advance..

cooldad

Round rubbery ones.

Trawl through and you'll find as many opinions as tyres.
What is your budget?

widge34

There will be a lot of different opinions on this. For me it's Specialized Storms. Others will recommend Bontragers Mud X, Maxxis Swampthings. There are dedicated mud tyres such as Panaracer Trailraker, brilliant in pure slop, but not great on roots and rocks.

lostboysaint

widge34 wrote:

There will be a lot of different opinions on this. For me it's Specialized Storms. Others will recommend Bontragers Mud X, Maxxis Swampthings. There are dedicated mud tyres such as Panaracer Trailraker, brilliant in pure slop, but not great on roots and rocks.

That.

I am a MudX person. The whole of our Tuesday night crowd seem pretty evenly split between MudX and Trailrakers, both work very well indeed on the chalky, rooty, muddy shite that we have around here. MudX seem to have the better rolling on other surfaces.

EDIT: the MudX now masquerades as the XR Mud Team!!! (Oh, and they're tubeless ready if you fancy trying it!)

Blind Danny Johnson

I was recommended Bontranger Mud X's last year at Winter and they did me just fine but that's the only experience with mud tires I've had so I'm not saying they're better or worse than any others. Most companies do a 'mud' tire and you'll probably get recommendations for each of them. One thing to keep in mind is that slightly lower tire pressures helps with grip in muddy and wet situations and also it takes a different style of riding to carry speed and ride smoothly in the mud or wet (I'm not a wet weather master by any means but I'm aware that just like driving etc there are different techniques for wet and dry conditions).

cooldad

Unless it's all thick mud, dedicated mud tyres are pointless.
Try this
viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12885963

Blind Danny Johnson

cooldad wrote:

Unless it's all thick mud, dedicated mud tyres are pointless.
Try this
viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12885963

I ran the Mud Xs all Winter and they were good for all conditions. Depends if you can be arsed to change tires before riding (which I can't).

benpinnick

Bont XR4s or Conti Barons

cooldad

Blind Danny Johnson wrote:

cooldad wrote:

Unless it's all thick mud, dedicated mud tyres are pointless.
Try this
viewtopic.php?f=20005&t=12885963

I ran the Mud Xs all Winter and they were good for all conditions. Depends if you can be arsed to change tires before riding (which I can't).

Yeah but Mud X's are a lot less extreme than something like Swampthings

lostboysaint

Which is why they are so much more rideable.

widge34

benpinnick wrote:

Bont XR4s or Conti Barons

I ride with a Conti Baron black Chili on front with the Spesh storm on rear. Then in the drier months Conti Mountain King IIs Black Chili protection.