funny about the Maxxis Crossmarks. I love mine, bloody great in the dry, round sherwood pines etc... nothing can beat them i think, roll very fast, and loads of grip in corners i find.
Not rode them on any natural derbyshire stuff so can't comment there, but i would expect them to be just about "ok"
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which are the worst tyres
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All of you who hate the Enduros pass 'em this way, i love them! Not sure if i have the pros or not, but mine are foldable so i guess they might be?
They aren't the fastest rolling tyre but the grip is ace. Put it this way, i'm currently running an old enduro with a hole (and bodged patch) instead of the Nobby Nic sat on the shelf because the grip is so much better!Posted 2 years ago # -
Tioga Psycho II...
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Tioga DH - no idea what was going on there
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Yeah, I like my Spesh Enduros, and agree with the positive comments above.
Tiogas I've tried are are 'Fisher Price My First Tyre' plastic and dangerous rubbish in the wet.
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My worst was a Green solid tire back in '92.
Then Tioga Pyschos and Ritchey z Maxs sucked
More recently Specialized tires have wrecked rides.
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I agree with dez b about the micheling xc dry 2s. They are ok on the back, on a xc race bike, but i made the mistake of putting it on my 5 inch fs this weekend. All i can say is im glad that i can drift...
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Oh, and Tiogs white tigers. Appalling tyres.
on the wtb side of things, i had a pair of 2.5 dh tyres, I cant remember what they were called, but they were amazing in loose stuff, and not bad all round.
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Tioga DH were the dog's about 12 years a go. Best race tyre at the time.
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Worth tyres were some Michelin XC Dry. Split up after 2 rides and punctured 5 times! Normally get a punny about every 3 month on average. Had no grip and were super skinny for a 2.0 tyre. I like the Panaracer XC pro though in 1.9. I understand some people dont like them though, as a mate took some off after a few rides and he never does stuff like that!
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panaracer Razor Xc's 2.1 ( skinny for that tho...) are absolutely lethal, seriously when your washing out on road with mtb tyres you know they're absolute sh*t. you also know your cycling dangerously.... oops.
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Clever thread.
It is fascinating how different people have such different views on the same tyres.
I'm not going to list, but I'm about half in agreement and half opposition on several of the names that keep coming upI bet if the thread title was best tyres it could be the same ones
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Kenda Blue Groove/Nevegal. The only tyres that have ever failed on me, they tore around the beading, and they wern't that old. Expensive rubbish...
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I once had a set of Ritchey AlphaBite and OmegaBite tyres (F&R specific). They came with the bike and God they were dreadful. Refused to go round corners, punctured if they came within a mile of a thorn and needed 18 tyre levers and thumbs like Popeye's forearms to fit. Rubbish.
I really like the (old) Specialized Enduro Pro and the (new) Eskar tyres, very predictable, work in almost all conditions.
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Continental, Michelin.
I wont have them on my car or my bikes.
I have stories, but thats for another time, except....
Once bought the Conti twister supersonics, cos they were light. Yeah they were light alright. Which meant I approached the scene of my impending doom and accident at an even greater speed, and which also meant that my bike got more AIR during the crash I had the first time I used them
Oh, no, I have them still, they make me laugh just to see them and think about how useless they are and how stupid I was to buy them. They have got to be one of the most useless tyres ever and certainly not worth buying.
CC.
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