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What tyres for a snowy new forest ride tomorrow. Looks about 6-8 inches deep from the Recce in the car.
Choice of rubber queen, baron or trailraker.
The widest ones
well not a 2.1 advantage on the front and something equally skinny on the rear, as I found out today to my cost. First time ever out in the now. Fell off 6 times in 3 hrs, each tumble progressively harder.
I'd go Baron if I had my time again.
Rubber Queen! Was running mine at ~20psi in the snow today and they were most excellent.
Well I've just sent an hour wrestling with a pair of 2.3 barons only to find they're skinnier than 2.2 rubber queens. 🙁
Not exactly a happy chappy at the moment.
Will leave them there and see what happens...
The one with the biggest surface area.
Well I've just sent an hour wrestling with a pair of 2.3 barons only to find they're skinnier than 2.2 rubber queens.
I could have told you that - as could google... 😉 Two mates I was riding with today were on Barons and neither died (though one managed a full 180 spin just as he'd passed my camera!)
Surface area isn't going to make much difference at these sizes ime, even a genuine 2.5 doesn't float on snow unless it's very firm, which it probably won't be if you've got 6-8 inches. Baron will grip better than RQ but personally if it's genuinely 8 inches consistently, I'd be fitting the lightest ones as they'll be easiest to carry 😉
FWIW, Baron is just fractionally under claimed size, 2.28 for the 2.3 so closer to accurate than most tyres out there.
Barons rocked.
Might have been the release agent still on them ( new yesterday) but NO snow stuck to them and epic grip on the icy bits.
Shame I was knackered after 8 miles in powder snow and gloppy mud 🙁
Were they the chilli barons? If so, where did you get them?
No. Standard ones.
Halfrauds, £27.18 pair plus quidco cashback
Low pressure the key - squidge for snow shedding.