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As title says...they any good?
Riding a variety of terrain in varied conditions but mainly wet.
Fancying them but expensive just on a fancy.
Why not try the wire bead version, at £16.99 you cant go too wrong...
Been running the 2.2 Ust version all year. Loads of grip, not the fastest rolling tyre but Very good none the less...
I've found the cheaper Continental Tyres to be a bit rubbish - no disrespect to those running them so go with Black Chilli and/or ProTection if you can! Found a good selection here:
http://www.dalesbikedoctor.co.uk/Continental_Tyres/cat892649_1017308.aspx
I guess 17 quid is too much if it is mince...but cheaper than 45...
Had the 2.4 RQ UST on the front for a year and thought it was a fantastic tyre, seriously good. 2.2 UST on the back was OK - probably not worth the money (pushing 50 quid IIRC for the black chilli).
Just got a new set of non UST 2.2s for the whippet over winter. Fitted the front and it's improved things a lot from what was on there previous - I bought them from one of the German websites where you save a bit of money, something like 60 quid for the pair with shipping I think.
Very good IMHO, they come up quite large though.
I like em, as an all rounder theyre pretty much ideal, similar to High rollers I reckon, used High rollers for about 3 years and have been using a Rubber queen on the front, Race king on the back combo for XC for the last 2 years, been real impressed with the newer Conti stuff.