Winter tyres
29″
Narrow-ish as clearance not brilliant on the Camber
Suitable (as much as can be) for South Downs/Wiltshire Downs winter clag (clay/chalk nastiness)
Not too heavy
Preferably Tubeless ready (but I may run tubes over winter to facilitate putting fatter rubber on for trail centre type stuff)

Wheels are alloy Rovals so not ultra narrow.

Dry/summer/trail centre I run Spesh Captain and Butcher combo.

Suggestions and ideally agreement sought!

Storms

Main thing for South Downs is the tread has to be really open to allow it to clear. I run variations between Maxxis Shorty and Schwalbe Magic Mary on the front and Beaver and Storm on the back. Everything else just turns into mud hoops.

@davosaurusrex

That sums up nicely the problem! My night riding is usually more bridleway battering and the captain/butcher combo just clogs and ends up looking like a 29+ slick!

I assume when you’ve both said Storm you mean Specialized Storm Control?

Spesh Hillbilly?
Or Bonty Mud XR if you want narrower.

I did yeah. Storms are the best pure mud tyre I’ve used but they are very narrow (which is partly why they work so well) so unless it’s really bad I tend to use a 2.2 beaver. Or the road bike….

The hillbilly looks ace, but aren’t they 1kg each? Storms (especially in sworks) are about half the weight

I looked at the hillbilly review and it’s a meaty monster. Bit overkill for my talents/intended use.

Worried about 2.2 for clearance (running 2.1/2.3 now) so it might have to be the Storms or Bonty Mud XR if the Beaver doesn’t have a 2.0 option.

Bonty mud is good, but narrower than the storms. Feels a bit more specific whereas the storms are slightly more of a muddy all rounder. Not that much in it tbh. Of the 2 I would pick the storms and in a control or standard 2bliss casing. It may have been updated recently too?

Thanks. Looks like a set of Storms when I can get to the lbs then (keep my accidental Specialized addiction going a bit longer!).