The time has come to replace my tyres. I’ve had a set of bontrager xr4 team issue. I run them tubeless, and to be honest they’ve been fine. Needing a new set now and fancy a change.. looked at high rollers, but they seem fairly heavy. Anyone suggest anything that’s reasonably light?

Specialised butcher up front and purgatory up back for me.. Nice a grippy. The purgatory is a good roller too without being a race tyre.

Im quite liking HRII exo TR front and An Ardent exo TR rear rolls fine plenty of grip up front

Im quite liking HRII exo TR front and An Ardent exo TR rear rolls fine plenty of grip up front

my choice as well

Its winter ,so Maxxis HR2 exo tr rear and Maxxis shorty exo tr on the front

I think most of the posters here are ignoring your weight stipulation.

My two cents – I was very keen on Conti MK2 protections when I lived down south.

Bit flimsy for the rocks up here but they were surprisingly versatile tyres and damn fast.

I rate trail kings ust for all rounders.

Quite a tricky question actually,as everyone has very personal tastes
Depends on trail conditions you ride really,and my choice (Geax Barro Mountain),are great for me as they are good on loose over hard.
So that is my choice,and they have a thing called TNT(tubes no tubes).
Tight to get on,but worth it.
All the posters above have came up with good choices,and all have their plusses in different conditions

Incidently,Vittoria have dropped their Geax branded tyres,so you can get them dirt cheap from a host of online shops 🙂

yep the for what comes before the suggesting rubber

For me it’s something from the Maxxis range as I trust them and they price well and last well for me.
Ranges from ardent to Minion with the minion coming out above the HR these days for me for more aggressive stuff

had the same front as you and changed to HR2 2.4 exo 3c which is a much better tyre (on a 25mm internal rim).

Pair Continental X-King ProTection, 26 x 2.2, as new – still with the mould spikes on the tread blocks, couple of rides only, set-up tubeless great, £45 posted.
(Included free: Bontrager XR Mud 26 x 2.0 one ride old, Bontrager Mud X 26 x 2.0 20% used, plus 3No. inner tubes)

Im thinking about going for the specialised butcher control tubeless.. i can get a hold of a pair for £45.. they seem to get good feedback from users. Was contemplating the maxxis but they seem really heavy. cheers for the input folks. 🙂

Im thinking about going for the specialised butcher control tubeless.. i can get a hold of a pair for £45.. they seem to get good feedback from users. Was contemplating the maxxis but they seem really heavy. cheers for the input folks.

The Butcher’s not so good on the back. Definitely a front specific tyre. I’d go Butcher front Purgatory back (my current setup) or Purg front and back. Butcher front Slaughter back is also supposed to be a good combo but I haven’t tried that one yet. Purg front Ground Control back was my summer setup and performed flawlessly but the GC doesn’t seem to do so well in the mud.

Specialized tyres are very easy to set up tubeless. I love them.

Butcher/purgatory workworks well for me too, I’ve gone for a grid casing up front as control was too flimsy and forever burping, had to run silly high pressures to stop that. But I was 15st on a hardtail. Grid is obviously heavier.

I’ve currently got a pair of 2.1″ UST Nevegals front & back, but they’re quite easy to loose it in the slop/mud/clay. I want to get something with a bit more bite for the wet, perhaps a little wider but am limited by 19mm inner rim width. Love the toughness of the Nevegals, combined with Stans, have never seen a puncture, nor tear. Something similiar but with more grip, and without much more weight, think the Nevs are around 780gm.

Thinking about a HRII EXO TR. Very nearly about to click…

Sirromj – maxxis shorty for slop/mud/clay. Phenomenally good tyre fro those conditions.

I was always a Maxxis man until my last purchase. Went for Spec Butcher/Purg and not been disappointed. For proper nasty stuff I’d probably go for Maxxis Shorty/HR2, though.

Butcher / Purgatory for me.

Also run a Hans Dampf / Rock Razor combo, but slightly less keen on those than the Spesh setup.

Will probably try a Slaughter on the back come spring.

IIRC Butcher is pretty much the same tread pattern as a Minion, and the Purgatory is a High Roller clone.

Thinking about a HRII EXO TR

go for the 2.4 over the 2.3. tread is better on the 2.4

Running Butcher/Purgatory Controls on all our bikes. Use them all year round in all conditions including the Alps. Only ever change them when they wear out.

Decided to go down the road of several on here by the sounds of it. Butcher up front and purgatory on the rear.. cheers for all the input guys.