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currently running an on one chunky monkey trail extreme on the front, confidence inspiring grip on everything other than a few inches mud / wet loam, when it feels very 'smeary' and gets a little sketchy.
as it looks like it may never dry up in yorkshire and as i've got a couple more races this year in loamy conditions, i'm after a new front tyre.
the magic mary seem to get good reviews, how does it stack up against the CM? particularity, what is the trail star compound like in comparison to the trail extreme of the CM? is it an acceptable wear rate trail star compound as a front?
Not ridden the CM but I love the MM on the front. Mine are the cheapy performance version though.
I love the Magic but I have the Trailstar comp and it's cracking quite badly.Not lost any tread yet but it does look scary
Not to sure if it's just the Trailstar comp that does this
OP you have nailed it really nothing I have tried touches the CM in terms of all out of grip until you get as you described mud and loam. Smeary is a good description MM would be much better in the mud so is the Maxxis Minion. These have nowhere near the same levels of grip on dry stuff though.
Been impressed with the Mary i had on the front earlier this year, coped brilliantly with the transition from full on winter slop to drier spring weather...they definitely clear mud better than a Chunky Monkey.
That said i noticed it starting to move around on it's spikes at the hard packed trails of BPW earlier this month, since then i have been swapping between my usual dry weather fronts of Minion and HR depending on where i'm riding.
The Trailstar compound has been good for me, enough grip to use as a front but still rolled really well considering the Mary comes under the 'spike' category of tyre for me.
One of my all time favourite tyres already and will probably see me riding through most of the coming winter when i often hang the bike up due to frustration at not having tyres for the job.