Compromise tyre?

larkim

14 year old is wearing out the Specialised branded tyres on his hardrock, particularly the rear (suspect much fun being had locking and skidding).

He rides mostly forest trail, singletrack etc, but also by necessity on the road, canal towpaths etc.

What would be a good compromise all rounder, ideally with decent durability?

(I know compromises are hard to recommend, but with the best will in the world, he's not yet at the stage where he can be bothered swapping tyres depending on the conditions!)

Matt

Wooliferkins

Schwalbe Land Cruiser? Enough nobbles for the dirt and mud continuous centre ridge for tarmac

Mojo_666

Get off road tyres, never mind the roads, it's a good workout.

Dawesy92

Ive just brought some Panaracer fire xcpro's theyre ment to be good. Not put them on yet mind!!

chrisvanderkaap

Wooliferkins wrote:

Schwalbe Land Cruiser? Enough nobbles for the dirt and mud continuous centre ridge for tarmac

land cruiser is a crappy tire which doesn't have much to do with mountain biking.

i'd recommend a 'Rapid Rob' or (rather) a 'Black Jack', they're hard wearing but good allround Schwalbe's.
The performance choice for omnious use is 'Rocket Ron' folding bead tire albeit more expensive to run and replace.

turnerjohn

Dawesy92 wrote:

Ive just brought some Panaracer fire xcpro's theyre ment to be good. Not put them on yet mind!!

very good all-rounders and not to bad in the wet

rockmonkeysc

Dawesy92 wrote:

Ive just brought some Panaracer fire xcpro's theyre ment to be good. Not put them on yet mind!!

I used to have them 10 years ago, they were considered a good tyre back then.
Bontrager XR4 or Specialized Purgatory should do the job.

Dawesy92

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Dawesy92 wrote:

Ive just brought some Panaracer fire xcpro's theyre ment to be good. Not put them on yet mind!!

I used to have them 10 years ago, they were considered a good tyre back then.

Lad who I ride with has them on his and loves them!! :-)

Guanajuato

Schwalbe Landcruiser or CX Comp are ideal for what you're wanting. Both around £15 a tyre.
Puncture protection is helpful too.
I did last weekends Lakeland monster miles on a set of CX Comps. 62 miles, about half on rocky, muddy, slippery rutted off-road trails and bog (nowt perticularly technical, but tough). No punctures, and the organisers have had excellent things to say about the landcruisers. Had a few wheelslip moments on steep muddy uphills, but that's more down to my lack of technique.

larkim

Thanks all, some good pointers as usual.

poah

Dawesy92 wrote:

Ive just brought some Panaracer fire xcpro's theyre ment to be good. Not put them on yet mind!!

where did you bring them from

fire XC pros are good off road but crap on road

The Rookie

For a knobbly tyre the XC's roll fairly well on road, easily as good as a Ron for example, not as well as a slick obviously!

poah

schwalbes tyre compounds are not great for tarmac - the nobbles won't last very long if you skid