i popped one on the rear the other day and only have 1 ride on it. Pretty decent.

I wouldn’t even dream of putting one upfront a some oddballs have dome on MTBR.

The deciding factor for me will be when i ride some steep rocky runs, if it holds up well t that type of riding then i will be convinced.

But as a bog standard trail tyre it seems to do the trick.

Ha, jonny you have just blown the wind out of my sails 🙂

I’d probably take a good look at what kind of riding you do. I know these things are often the luck of the draw, but riding down BPW yesterday and my riding partner got about a 1cm slash in the sidewall of his brand new 2015 nic that wouldn’t seal again. Made me think about going for the double defence one for bigger/rockier rides and just take the hit with the weight. For trail centres, red runs, xc etc I’d probably just stick with the pacestar on the back. He did say it was riding pretty decent over the mud and the rocks (before the slash)

I’ve got one on the front of my hardtail with a Rock Razor on the back. Quite like it – seems like a halfway house between the original Nobby and the Hans Dampf.

Mostly just for winter trail centreing mind, don’t try the Razor in mud…

Where is good for deals on the 2015 nobby nics? Need to replace my rear hans dampf.

I’ve been using the pacestar 26″ 2.1 snakeskin (2015) on a 26er

The tyres have done about 200 miles. There is a little tread wear on the rear… nothing on the front and they have been up and down the rock garden 10 times.

i only weigh 10 stone though.

I’m no expert but i noticed they roll very well compared to the other models ive tried. Not 100% sure about the grip as when i slip/slide its usually down to running out of talent.

As Gren mentions above I found these tyres to be very bad for cornering on unsupported corners,off cambers and tracking through furrows-they felt like their overlapping oblong side knobs creates a very narrow angle of grip with no cornering edge to find – I too was washing out on trails I know well.If you want a good cornering Nobby Nic take look at the WTB Vigilante-they’ve been all I hoped the new Nic would be.