Tyre reccomendations for trails and cross country?

PJ77

need to buy a pair of tyres for my 650B Hardtail, mainly dusty tracks and woods ill be riding on, was looking at Continentals range? £30-40 for the pair ideally,,,,

Cheers
Pete

BloggingFit

Sounds like a job for Bontrager XR1, 2 or 3 depending on how fast rolling you want your tyres and what the potential for mud will be. Been using the XR1 on my hardtail over winter and surprised how it has coped as its meant to be a fast rolling dry weather tyre for hard pack, dust and dry woodland.

The casing sizes are also generous so the size up accurately. Should be able to a decent width for the wheel size. If you want a slightly more aggressive combination then an XR3 up front and XR2 on the rear would work very well.

The Rookie

£30-40 for a PAIR is not going to get you great tyres, you'll almost certainly end up with wire bead and not a great compound at normal prices. Not sure where BF thinks you'll get XR2/3 at £15-20 each from.

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYGEBAMO/g ... lding-tyre
Probably the best you'll get at that price point.
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYOOSM26X2 ... 6x225-tyre
For heavier duty use, though it sounds like you don't need that.

poah

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/cont ... prod147590

The Rookie

Non Black Chilli Conti's are pretty rubbish though, also the 2.4 MK's come up very big so may not fit the frame, still over budget as well.

cooldad

The Geax Barro linked to are 26er

poah

The Rookie wrote:

Non Black Chilli Conti's are pretty rubbish though, also the 2.4 MK's come up very big so may not fit the frame, still over budget as well.

where are the non-BC conti's?

Briggo

The Rookie wrote:

Non Black Chilli Conti's are pretty rubbish though, also the 2.4 MK's come up very big so may not fit the frame, still over budget as well.

Kings in ProTection guise are black chilli, also they're not "massive" ideally you'd only use a 2.4 on the front and theres tons of room.

I have a 2.4 on my hardtail which has 26" Rev forks, clearance really isnt an issue (nor would it be on the back).

http://www.conti-tyres.co.uk/mtb/mountain-king-ii-2-4

For £24 they are a bargain

swod1

you could use some x-kings on the bike, I've one on the rear and find it great for dry hardpack stuff not sure it would be any good on the front where you might be better with a mountain king on there.

think you might need to up your budget by 20 if you want some decent tyres.

What about some racing ralphs or rocket rons?

PJ77

Cheers for the feedback, so if I go to £50ish, and the mountain King, are you saying the same font and back? And 2.2 or 2.4, I have no idea, guess it's worth paying a little more.

Pete

poah

get the 2.4s, the 2.2 are quite narrow

BloggingFit

The Rookie wrote:

£30-40 for a PAIR is not going to get you great tyres, you'll almost certainly end up with wire bead and not a great compound at normal prices. Not sure where BF thinks you'll get XR2/3 at £15-20 each from.

I pay £10 a pop for Team Issue's. I'm probably a bit out of the loop with the actual pricing of them.