Er… Just buy Smorgs if that’s what you like? They’re not exactly expensive….

Purgatory Grid front and Ground Control Grid rear for me. Was running Purg’s both ends until recently and they handled everything well but wanted a slightly faster rear

Can’t fault my Minion DHF / DHT II combo to be honest.

Easy to set up tubeless and seem to work well enough all year round. Cheap from A Cycles too.

The highrollers. But it really depends on the riding you do. Maybe the Ardent, or one of each.

Purgs front and rear for me to, wet trails last week and dry this week. Handled really well on both.
Quite pleased so far,
Decent price to

I like how you say what you usually like, and people reccomend something completely different….

imho, closest to the smorg is the ardent… but im not a fan of it on the front.
if it was me, ardent (r) HRII (f)

Could do a lot worse for a ‘cope with most things’ set-up. As always, it really does depend where and what you ride, and how you want to ride it.

The Purg isn’t the best braker in a straight line, but I personally still rate the Butcher as one of the best front tyres out there in anything other than deep slop or Moab slickrock. Currently running a Butcher / Slaughter combo, but switch to Storm Controls for the winter. Certainly during the warmer months a lot of the Aston Hill locals either use or have used Purgs and Butchers.

(BTW – as a former Tring resident the Chilterns and Woburn are very different kettles of fish in the winter 😉 )

Continental Mountain King II – had a Smorg and a Chunky Monkey – both good tyres, but the Mouantin King II seems to be working better – feels like it rolls easier; grips better and is lighter.

I use Butcher/Purgatory all year round – will have a very lightly used pair of HR II’s for sale pretty soon

Hr2s probably best all year tyre of those imho
Good balance of grip, wear, rolling and they clear mud well