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It's always wet around here (Southern Dartmoor & my local woods) so going to try a mud tyre. But struggling to choose between these 3 - Maxxis Beaver, Specialized Storm, Bontrager Mud x all 29er
I don't want too low volume a tyre, so maybe the way to choose is by picking the one with the largest volume...
So which of these tyres is the bigger volume tyre?
Also will be running tubeless.
Mud X is marginally bigger than Storm. Here endeth my knowledge.
Beaver is bigger than Mud X in my experience
my spesh storm seem quite narrow, great 2bliss tyre though.
They're all skinny really. I have a Beaver and Mud X and there's not a great deal between the two (beaver has very thin sidewalls).
I use them in the proper winter gloop but generally use a 2.2 Spesh Purgatory instead (on the front) which is pretty good in the mud and has far more volume.
Thanks all.
Yep worried about Beaver sidewall longevity, but it seems the largest....but will check out the Purgatory
To be honest i'm switching from 26 ht to 29er ht. Only just got around to putting Mud X's on my 26 this winter and it was a revelation. I'm not a big bit tyre swapper (for the summer), so as it's muddy 90% of the time around here i'm going to go with mud tyres from the off. But am worried about loosing volume...
Beaver is bigger volume but doesn't clear quite as well as the mud-x in the clag.
Much prefer the beaver, faster rolling imho
Any experiences of Beavers running tubeless? Do the wire bead ones have slightly stronger sidewalls and seal up better on rims?
Beavers stay up tubeless fine... once you've go them to pop onto the rims...
I had to put a tube in mine for a couple of days and still had to use a compressor to get them on...
+1 for something like a purgatory over a dedicated mud tyre
I mostly ride dartmoor and cann woods and find a purgatory/ground control combo works well in winter.