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Will be needing a new front tyre on 29er hardtail before the winter . Heard good things about Mary but I don't like the price 🙁 so Beaver then ? Then I suppose there's the compound issue 🙁 Any other contender out there ? Hard wearing not too lardy ?
Different animals entirely - XC vs much more gravity driven tyre. MM a better front if you can handle the size and drag.
Just spotted Merlin has got Hans Dampf for £30 even more draggy I guess ? I reckon Beaver is the winner ?
I run beaver 2.0 in winter. Really lightweight and I'm not sure how much of a hammering the sidewalls would take. Amazing grip though.
As CGG says Beaver and Magic Mary very different tyres IMO. Beaver is a great rear tyre, but I prefer something a bit bigger up front.
You can get the schwalbe tyres cheaper from Germany (you could pre-brexit anyway) and you tend not to notice the extra weight on the front so much, but you'll be grateful for the extra grip.
Hans Dampf is not a winter tyre!
How mucky will your trails get?
Maybe a Shorty if its gonna be a total slopfest.
Hans Dampf excel at nothing, except slowing you down.
Beaver are good in mud, but not as good as a Shorty.
Supergravity MM is a wicked allrounder, yes it doesn't clear quite as well as a Shorty, but it's very good on big rocky descents as well. My rides are generally a bit of everything, apart from hardpack as I don't ride trail centres very often, mud, grass, rocks etc and the SGMM is the best front tyre I've tried.
I use magic mary on the front all year, does well in pretty much all conditions. I've a big beaver on the back for winter, does fine there but I don't know if I'd use it on the front. As said above, the shorty is closer to a magic mary. Might try a shorty this winter on the ht.
I just put a 2.25 Beaver on the back of my 29er and it is an incredible tyre.
Seems to work perfectly as an all-rounder as it's grip in the dry has been spot on.
Also it's way more sturdier in the sidewalls than the 2.0 Beaver.
I just put a 2.25 Beaver on the back of my 29er and it is an incredible tyre.Seems to work perfectly as an all-rounder as it's grip in the dry has been spot on.
Also it's way more sturdier in the sidewalls than the 2.0 Beaver.
^^^ This, with a Shorty on the front in the winter gloop.
As a front tyre, the only edge a hansdampf has over a Mary is that it's lighter and a bit better on hard pack and hard rocky trails. For all round British conditions outside of trail centres and the lakes I'd choose the mary.
Hans dampf is a jack of all all trades and master of none really. Although I find it's not too bad in the winter except in thick mud.
I have been running a conti Mountain King 2.25 Black Chilli on the front of my 29er HT for a couple of years now. I swear by it. Not to jinx it but in 2 years of competitive orienteering I have yet to have a single flat with it despite battering it down some pretty rocky trails at adrenaline fuelled stupid speeds. It also looks barely worn after a what must be well over 2000 miles (50/50 on-off road). I run a Beaver on the rear when it gets muddy and use an Ikon for the other 9 months.
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Heard good things about Mary but I don't like the price
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http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/schwalbe-magic-mary-evo-mtb-tyre-snakeskin/rp-prod118254
£33 is cheap!