Just wondering, as the tyre sizes are different etc. Any feedback on whether this is a good combo also appreciated. It would be run 3-seasons, possibly changing to something faster June-August if I can be bothered.
not the 2.4" - they're MASSIVE!
advantage tyres aren't great in wet slippy muddy conditions, not bad, but not great.
possibly none! but run a larger front tyre anyway.
Ok... to try and extract the maximum useful information from the STW masses...
What width Advantage comes up the same as, or slightly smaller than, a 2.35" High Roller?
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can you get a 2.2"?
They come in 2.1", 2.25" and 2.4". I know they are comparitively WIDER than High Rollers, so I guess its a choice between the 2.1" and 2.25".
It's possible that the 2.25" is bigger for all I know.
no, they're bigger than high rollers.
a 2.4" advantage is much, much, much, bigger than a 2.35" H-R.
Arse, I meant wider. Edited.
The 2.25 is noticeably bigger than the 2.35 HR. I think they're fast enough to be ridden throughout the summer and manage fine in the winter (but, as above, aren't the best in really muddy stuff).
2.25" a touch bigger, if anything than a HR 2.35"
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At risk of being ridiculed for providing a sensible and hopefully useful answer:
On the P7 I run a 2.35 HR on the back and a 2.25 advantage on the front. Personally I love it and find the front end grip superb on the corners. They also roll much quicker than I expected. The 2.25 advantage is [i]slightly[/i] narrower than the 2.35 HR, but hardly noticable.
Rob
EDIT: I obviously type much slower than other sensible people 🙂
tandemwarriors - perfect answer. Please accept my sincerest thankyous.
2.1 a bit narrower, but not a lot. My fav all condition tyre. Run them a little bit soft as the volume is quite big.
And I like them in soft/loose conditions because of the grippy side knobs. Agree they are not the best at straight-line digging into slop tho. But the low centre knobs is why they roll well.
As per other posters, for the same width of rim, 2.25 Advantage is slightly wider than 2.35 HR, 2.1 AdV is slightly narrower.
>tandemwarriors - perfect answer. Please accept my sincerest thankyous.
Only problem is it is wrong i'm afraid.
A 2.35 high roller on a dt5.1 at 35psi is 52mm across the carcass not including knobs. A 2.25 advantage is 56.5mm measured in the same way.
HR on the front and advantage on the back works for me. Certainly less drag than vice versa.
Sometimes every millimetre matters.
I run a 2.35 HR front and 2.1 advantage rear, the advantage is only just smaller than the HR
I can tell you a 2.25 Ardent is definately wider and higher volume than a 2.35 HR, but you didn't ask that
I ran a HR 2.35 back and front, recently changed to an Advantage on the back. It comes up a little bit wider and I think gives less rolling resistance.
Was out in pretty muddy woods recently and thought they were poor in that but pretty much everything else has been very good.