Magic Mary front and Nobby Nic rear (on the bike when I bought it) both trailstar compound.

Front: 2.4 Chunky Monkey dual compound

Rear: 2.25 Maxxis Ardent EXO

Hardtail
Front: Conti Trail King 2.4
Rear: WTB Breakout 2.5
FS
Front: Magic Mary 2.35 Trailstar
Rear: Hans Dampf 2.35 Pacestar or Spesh Slaughter Grid for summer

On my Spitfire (27.5)
WTB Vigilante 2.3 tough fast rolling / 2.3 tough high grip (although I currently have high grip front & back).

On theTransAM (27.5)
Usually WTB Trail Boss 2.25 light fast rolling / Vigilante 2.3 light fast rolling, but currently trying out Hans Dampf 2.35 pacestar.

Chunky monkey front 27.5 x 2.4
Specialized purgatory rear 27.5 x 2.3
on my Trek fuel ex9
Bontrager ex3 front and rear on my 29er

Xr4 Team 2.3 front.
Enduro 2.2 rear (rather worn and exciting)

Those of you running Magic mary’s on the front is this all year round or just in the winter slop?

Hardtail:

Minion DHF 2.3 3C Maxx Tera
Minion DHR II 2.3 Dual Exo (winter)
Minion semi slick for summer

DH Bike

Minion DHF 2.5 dual ply, super tacky
Minion DHR II 2.5 dual ply, super tacky

Both bikes are run as tubeless.

AM/Enduro wheels-
Muddy Mary 2.35 front
Hans Dampf 2.35 rear

DH wheels-
Magic Mary 2.35 front
Hans Dampf 2.35 rear

FS. Butcher front and Purgatory rear
Something a bit quicker on the rear soon when its drier.

S-Works renegade on the rear and either a S-Works Fastrack or an S-Works Captain front.

Judging by the tyres above this clearly means I’ll lose traction on a Tarmac road and die.

centralscrutinizer –
Front – Chunky Monkey
Rear – Smorgasbord

The above combo on my Mega.
On my HT I’ve got Continental Mountain Kings f & r.

Bonty XR4 expert front and Smorgasbord rear on my fs 27.5.
Anyone know the difference between the expert and team in the Bontrager tyre range ????

Had a contact lens fall out during today’s very wet innerleithen ride- if you’ve absolutely got to ride a load of inners roots with one functioning eye, I recommend having a 2.5 minion on the front 😆

ceejay64 – Member
FS. Butcher front and Purgatory rear
Something a bit quicker on the rear soon when its drier.

Same combo here. I usually switch to a Slaughter on the back for summer.

Trail Bike:

front: 2.5 minion dhf dual ply
rear: 2.3 aggressor dual

You heard it here first a left field combo for you bitches 8)

Front = Michelin Wild Rock’R 2.4
Rear = Hutchinson Squale 2.3

Worky nicely.

On the full suss – E13 TRS Race front, Bonty SE5 Team Issue rear.

On the hardtail – WTB Vigilante front, Conti Trail King rear.

Spring is here so Bontrager team issue XR4 27.5 X 2.35 front
Maxxis ardent 27.5 x 2.4 exo rear
Both tubeless.

Oh and Bontrager xr 3 f&r on my hardtail 29er

People don’t half run some burly tyres on their ‘trail’ bikes.Minion/Shorty/Magic Mary etc and in pretty full on casings.
More of a observation….carry on.

FS
Front: Minion DHF 3C EXO TR
Rear: HR2 EXO TR (May get something else for Summer)

HT
Front: Minion DHF EXO TR (Shorty if it gets really muddy)
Rear: HR2 EXO TR (Ardent EXO TR 2.4 for Summer)

Rorschach – I think it depends upon where people are riding. Lot of rocks around here which shredded the casings of several previous tyres including 2 Conti X King Protections.

On my Enduro

F- 2.3 DHR2
R-2.3 Aggressor DD

FS:
Front: Bonty XR4 Team Issue 2.3
Rear: Bonty XR3 Team Issue 2.2

HT:
Front & Rear: Schwalbe G One Speed 2.35 ( sharpening up handling skills at speed)

Bonty xr4 front, Bonty se4 rear on my fs 🙂

Was looking for first ever 650b tyre pair and found this thread and from memory recalled Butcher front/Purgatory rear combo so went with that in grid casings.

Now I have them though I keep looking at them thinking Purgatory looks grippier so I’d prefer it on the front while the Butcher with it’s ramped middle knobs would roll better on the back.

Yes/No?

Chunky Monkey front &
Purgatory or Ground control rear on both my 29ers.

Butcher front purg rear…20 quid cheaper an end than most tyres on this thread. (Chunky monkey/ smorgasbord excepted)

Love trail king Mountain king black chilli combo in dryish conditions but slightly too fragile and hopeless in the slop as well as exorbitantly expensive

Love trail king Mountain king black chilli combo in dryish conditions but slightly too fragile and hopeless in the slop as well as exorbitantly expensive

Now I have them though I keep looking at them thinking Purgatory looks grippier so I’d prefer it on the front while the Butcher with it’s ramped middle knobs would roll better on the back.

Yes/No? No.

Magic Mary Ultrasoft Addix Super Gravity on the front, 2.3 double down Minion DHR II on the rear.

Tempted by 2.4 DHR IIs front and rear – with the Minaar cut on the front.

Chunder/Rubber Queen

Well I’ve never actually run either, but as a name combo it’s got to be the winner.

Shorty 2.5 whatever front, Shorty 2.3 whatever rear (just changed from minion SS)

snow is coming soon so only 6 weeks of riding left really

Sirromj – With my Grid Butcher/Purg combo I thought the Purg was wider on the rear than the Butch on the front, measured up to be too (just). The Grids a great sidewall though and the tyres worked well if a little draggy on the rear for me.

Now winters coming, Shorty 2.5 WT Front and DHF 2.5 WT Rear, worked well at the Naughty at the weekend

FS – Butcher on front, Ground Control on rear
HT – High Roller 2 on front Ardent on rear
Currently running tubes but going tubeless very very soon. 😀