So far very impressed after one ride, especially at £40 for two.
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Spesh Storm: The new Mud X?
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Posted 8 months ago #
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Spesh storm = Mud X in my book, that's no bad thing though.
Bonty's were going for the same money last winter, so nothing to choose between em really.Posted 8 months ago # -
Used one last winter as a rear tyre and they're brill.
Great value tyre... priced the way they should be.
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I've never used the bonty's.
Although IIRC last years storms were dual compound, this years arent, but are tubeless, mine are now worn and not sure what to replace them with.
[edit] just rememebered there's some swamp things in the shed, bring it on winter!
Posted 8 months ago # -
More than agree as I find it better than the Mud X !
It's taller and a bit fatter & grips like velcro on pretty much anything.
I've run them the last 2 winters as rear tyres and then come the 'summer' they work great as 'semi slicks'
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then come the 'summer' they work great as 'semi slicks'
I actualy found they went 'off' really quickly in the spring, and had no grip at all in the dry.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Better in mud in a Trailraker but draggy in every other situation kind of way, or better in mud yet still pretty quick in a XC whippet kind of way?
Posted 8 months ago # -
this intruiges me too! i run mud x in the winter - is there something better? are they tubeless ready too?
Posted 8 months ago # -
Where can they be had for £40 a pair?
Posted 8 months ago # -
I can find Mud X for £20 each at several stores, where did you get Spesh for £20?
Posted 8 months ago # -
Bike+ in South Croydon.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Supertacky Swampthing front and Mud-X rear for me last winter, worked well.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Love the Storm Control tyres, but they've stopped making the 1.8" version
Narrow tyres are MUCH better in mud
Posted 8 months ago # -
Good to hear, looking for a replacement for my mud x. I also preferred the 1.8's.
Posted 8 months ago # -
i bought a pair of these when they first came out, they were good tyres but i had to cut the beads to get the tyre off a rim, after struggling for hours,
bonty mud x, fits on the rim, inflates tubeless first time
Posted 8 months ago # -
I've had both. I find the storms tackier and stickier than the mud-x. The storms are better on roots, but the mud-x are a better all round winter tyre. Unfortunately, the mud-x are a bit lighter and have thinner side walls. Mine failed due to a 'wear split' where the carcass had creased over time. A few other people I know have the same problem with the mud-x.
I'd summarise this as the mud-x being a great all round winter tyre - but last for one winter only. The spesh storms are a great wet/muddy ride tyre, but perhaps not great as an all rounder or if you ride on the road between fun bits on winter rides.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Storm i find a bit oh a **** to get on and off and sound like tractor tires when on the road to much bother if a get a puncture and thats on bonty rims so nae gid oot on the trails for me, maybe good for grip total **** to change.
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