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Looking for a good relatively cheap hard wearing grippy tire for all year round good on every surface as I travel a lot around Briton
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Rubber Queen black chili
Black chilli cheap?!
One one tyres are cheap and have decent reviews
on one tyres are shite, black chilli rubber queens ftw!
What is the advantage of black chilly??
I'm running 2.35 HansDampf up front and 2.25 Nobby Nick out back both are the Evo variants. Seems to be a very good combo for anything and everything. Not too draggy (running 35psi) and give good grip on all surfaces. I'm not one for chopping and changing tyres so these are fit and forget, at least till they wear out. A lot of Schwalbe haters out there, but they suit me on the rocks and soft loam of Derbyshire and the Peaks and even on the skippy and slippery pebbly surface of Cannock Chase. Better than Continental and Panaracer tyres I've had in the past, but I've found those to be alright too.
Grippier rubber compound
If I was going to spend 40 quid on a tire I would probably get the hand dampf but is there any decent tires for around 20 quid??
Specialized Purgatory. Or Eskars if you can find any (I stockpiled half a dozen at £20 each)
Big plus one on the BC rubber queens. Been using them for 2years, great all rounders!
on one tyres are shite
Or really good, depending on your POV.
🙂
On-One cm and smorg combo has been great here
Not brilliant in mud but on everything else it sticks well and corners predictably
For the money (27.50 a pair) I've not seen anything close
Specialised.
Just pick the ones most suited to your average riding
Hans Dampf Trailstar front and Pacestar back, tubeless.Big Tyres through. come up close to 2.5 so check they will fit!
£60ish from ze Germans.
John
Depends on what matters most to you - grip in corners in the dry, grip in corners in the wet, traction in the wet, rolling speed, tread life, weight, etc etc.
Purgatory.
Agree with a few above, can't beat specialized purgatory in my opinion. Been great all year, in all conditions and amazing value.
2.4 Chunky monkey
on one smorgs/chunky monkeys are fine for me, except as said in gloop they clog up and don't clear to well.plus I only paid £12 🙂
Rubber queen are crap in mud.
In trying Purgatory and Butcher atm.
Hans Dampfs are great too.
Hans dampfs are made of cheese. Certainly not tough.
I wonder why they called it a Smorgasbord?? Maybe it might be ok as an Allrounder??
Butcher front and minion dhf on the rear works for me
Another vote for Purgatorys, they work everywhere.
If you can't stomach £40 a tyre check the on-one site for loads of half price Schwalbe's and Maxxis.
Purgatory up front for me, still running a captain on the back, bit slippy in the wet, but traction is ok, don't mind the back sliding a bit, would rather have less drag.
To elaborate.
Got Purgatorys on one bike from Spring/Summer/Autumn and stuck some Storms on the spare bike for muddy winter rides. Have actually found the Purgatorys better in the mud than the Storms - not quite as much outright grip but seem to clear easier and obviously roll better on the bits of trail that aren't muddy.
Used to run a Rubber Queen / X King setup but for less money and weight can't see me switching back from the Purgatorys any time soon as an all-year all-round tyre setup (might stick a Captain on the back for the summer if we get one).
Continental Mountain King II 2.4 black chilli protection. Best tyre I have ever had and will do everything, including stretches of tarmac. Not cheap, but worth it.
specialized purgatory
*tyre *Britain
Pedant standards on here are slipping
Race King had them on all year as i cant be bothered changing them. Rode them through ice,snow,wind,rain even sunny days still on and we are half way through winter again.
Kenda nevegals have been brilliant for me. Cheap as well
Spesh Purgatory are my new favourite tyre (29er guise here) for the price they are ace.
What are conti verts like because they are selling them cheap at halfords
are shite
Or really good, depending on your POV
are great too
are made of cheese
by definition, going by user reviews, every tyre is both the biggest piece of cack ever that will shred to bits if it sees a stone, and all the knobs will fall off before you reach the end of the street AND also the best all round tyre ever made that will last for ages with excellent grip in most conditions. 😈
HD Pacestar/Trailstar on my list for next to try or something Maxxis (although 100% of my punctures have been Maxxis).
Another vote for Purgatory here
I like Bc Trail kings , Hans Dampfs and at the moment High Roller 11's all great tyres.
adrec - Member
Kenda nevegals have been brilliant for me. Cheap as well
+1 for the Nevegals. Came as stock on my Sight. They were one of the first on the list for an upgrade, but in fact they've been so good I've left them on. They roll really well, they grip on the wet rocks and roots of the Peaks and Calderdale and they're good in the mud. Do seem to polarise opinion a bit though, but then which tyre doesn't.. 😉
andytherocketeer -
by definition, going by user reviews, every tyre is both the biggest piece of cack ever that will shred to bits if it sees a stone, and all the knobs will fall off before you reach the end of the street AND also the best all round tyre ever made that will last for ages with excellent grip in most conditions.
I agree. For some reason, tyres especially bring out the very subjective points of view a lot of the time, especially regarding grip and suitability.
IMHO asking others to recommend a tyre is asking for a blunderbus of opinion. Everyone rides differently... some may be really fast 'all mountain' riders who love nothing more than a 3 hour blast on some techy fast stuff. They are gonna recommend and prefer a different type of tyre than someone who tends toward more XC rides and easier train centre stuff. So it is always a compromise, and each individual has to simply figure out where they want to make the compromise. The answer is not the same for everyone.
So your best best it to start at the mid placed tyres (Mountain Kings, Nobby Nicks etc) and take it from there... either buy something in that range and see what you feel (More grip? Less rolling resistance?), or if you think you know the answer, make your best guess.
good relatively cheap hard wearing grippy tire for all year round good on every surface
Purgatory 2-bliss, vfm and all-conditions winner imo. Never the best but a lot further from being the worst. Somehow feels good in loose, mud or fairly hard conditions.