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Which do you prefer for all year riding?
advantage is superb but has it's limits. very very good for the compromise of weight/grip and resistance to snake bikes, also rolls well. i have had one on the rear of my bike for a while now and really get on with it.
Limits?
The RQ's are pap. Have swapped from Conti Vert Pro's on my fs to ADvantages and I think they're superb nice and progressive when they let go and grip quite well in all conditions, I tend to run them at 35psi.
Of the three, I've only tried the ADvantage. I found the exception version a bit overfaced by stans so I switched to 2.1 LUST (bit of a find). I'm really like themon both ends. 25/30 psi f/r for a 15 stone rider!
ADvantage on the front, 2.2 rubber queen on the back. I've cleaned climbs with the rubber queen that i've never cleaned before, and the ADvantage on the front is ridiculously good fun in the corners, and i've had no problems in the mud either.
I run both tubeless. Eventually took the RQ off my XC bike as the UST version weighs a lot, but its right at home on my bigger bike, and i'll be fitting the lighter non-UST version to the XC bike whenever i can afford one. if the 2.2s came with black chilli i suspect they'd be even better.
I run Ad's and when you are really hammering (and I mean hammering) rocky downs it is quite easy to get a snakebite. I am used to double wall super tacky downhill High Rollers tho. Grip really well, nice weight, no durability issues so far, loads of cushioning in that fat 2.25 casing.
I'm getting to know the local trails now and picking better lines so I haven't had impact punctures recently, although it might just be a recent broken hip slowing me down a bit.
recommended.
I don't think much of the tread on rubber queens and the casing on the alberts is a bit too shreddable in my experience.
advantages are the best summer dry tyre out there.
Pointless comparing the tyres unless sizes are mentioned, IMHO. Over the last few years I've had 2.25 UST Alberts, 2.1 LUST Advantages and 2.2 UST Rubber Queens.
The Alberts were the easiest to mount on XM819 rims, and are very robust - but have a rounded profile, so great at the rear but not so great for cornering at the front.
The RQ's are a very confidence inspiring tyre. I'm not bothered they aren't Black Chilli, but they have a nice profile and are BIG 2.2's. Tread pattern fine; hooks up in corners and fine on everything so far.
Advantages were fast (but they were 2.1's) and good - to a point. But I kept shredding the rear on rocky descents so went for something beefier.
Currently have a RQ at the front and GEAX Saguaro 2.2" TNT at the rear. Perfect combination for the full-sus. The GEAX is fast rolling, and the RQ is great at the front. Will stick with that for a while; and I'm a rubber fiend, so that's saying something!
Think I might go for a pair of 2.2 rubber queens, or a rq for the front and a 2.25 albert on the back.