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Bike: Specialized SX trail I 2008
Front tyre: Specialized Chunder soft dual compound 26x2.3"
Rear tyre: Specialized Chunder soft dual compound 26x2.3"
Type of riding: AM/XC/light DH, ranges from anything like Dalby forest & peak district to Hammstley DH course, etc.
Your thoughts on said Combo: great in every kind of weather, not much grip when your really on the side of the tyres. Very under rated though, great over rocks/roots/piling through mud. Wear pretty well too.
Front = Bonty ACX
Rear = Maxxis Ignitor
Riding the SDW, xc, very muddy and slippery. Really pleased with the combo considering loads of people said the ignitor was rubbish in anything other than dry hardpack
Maxxis Medusa 2.3's!
25mm Bonti select on the road bike and Marathon plus 1.35 on the hack/commuter
Stumpy FSR
Front: 2.3 Conti Vertical
Rear: 2.2 Conti MK
Type of riding: Anywhere really
Kinesis Maxlight XCPro2
Front and rear: 2.0 Conti RaceKings
XC whippet, mostly used on my local loop
Same as the rest of the year.
Tubeless 2.3 Conti vertical front
Tubeless 2.3 Bonty revolt rear
Was good on my old 456, haven't ridden the new BMC yet.
Back slides about a bit, but front grips pretty well, no problem for Purbecks and was good at underwater Swinley the other week.
Anthem x
nobby nic
nobby nic
slow
cool
3 bikes, all running Panaracer Fire XC Pros front and rear, summer and winter. I'm as unadventurous in the tyre section of my LBS as I am on the trails! 🙂
Meta4
Larsen TT eXCeptions front and back
It is early summer in Australia; roll well, light, good if a little slidey although at least predictably so. Should get some mew ones really, getting rounded off and losing some of their bite.
Bike: Alpine 160
Tyres: Maxxis Ardent 2.25 front and back
Type of riding: currently South Wales trail centres, and out and about around Talybont, Brecon and Black Mountains.
Your thoughts on said Combo: love them. I was riding Minions before but these were way too grippy for my Welsh needs. I also tried a pair of Spesh Captains but these sadly gave me one pinch-flat too many. I've been running the Ardents for three weeks now and they inspire confidence on the downs but do not punish on the ups.
I was interested to see that Old Git Surrey up there ^^^ rides a Kona Pine Mountain! 😆
Anyway, tyres....
Front, Maxxis Ignitor 2.1
rear, same but 1.95 on my xc hardtail bike.
For riding round Swinley mainly, they work very well and I'd be happy to buy more of the same. Except maybe a size up cos they is skinny!
Bike: GT idrive5
Tyres: Spec 'the captain' sworks 2bliss 2.2
Type of riding: South downs, Shouthern area, Welsh trail centers The Peaks.
Your thoughts on said Combo: I am running them tublessly and have just left them on all year. I find them to be good on most surfaces but really good on hard pack/rock. Not had any problems with them.
Bike: Dialled PA
Tyres: Front - Single ply Minnion DHF 2.35", Rear - Crossmark 2.35"
Type of riding: South Wales, mainly trail centres
Thoughts: Really like them, particularly the Crossmark as find it grippy enough but rolls really fast.....
on my mountain bikes - Bonty Jones. Will swap to 1.95 trailrakers when the snow comes.
commuter - Conti dura gatorskins, 23mm
both my Madone and TT bike have conti competitions on the front and Conti home trainers on the back.
all good, that's why I keep using them.
Racing Ralphs F&R
Bike: Indy Fab Steel Deluxe
Front tyre: Maxxis Minion DH Rear 2.5" 60a
Rear tyre: Maxxis Minion DH Front 2.35" 60a
Type of riding: Dry, dusty, rocky
Your thoughts on said combo: You'll notice that I run a rear on the front and a front on the rear - that's only because that's what I could get my hands on at the time. Ideally I'd have a 2.5" Minion DH Front on the front and a 2.35" on the rear. Mind you I'm not really very fussy about tyres...
Bike - Santa Cruz SL
Front - Speedking 2.3 supersonic
Rear - Mountain King 2.2 UST
Bike - Giant Commute
Front/Rear- Sports contact 1.6's
Infact my tyres are the same now as they were all summer.... I might put the big tyres on my SL, this week....
Front - Nobby Nick 2.4
Rear - Mountain King 2.4
Racing Ralphs F&R
Slidey.... living on the edge man....... 😉
Fire XC pro's, as ever.....
SC Heckler
F: High Roller 2.35 Single Ply 42a Super Tacky - ghetto tubeless
R: High Roller 2.35 Single Ply 60a - ghetto tublesss
Riding: Dark Peak, Rocky descents!
They roll pretty well and amazing grip....... will be swapping over to Swampthings shortly all with the same combo as above!
(Cheap as chips as well)
Blue Pig
F: 2.5 Minion DHF Supertacky UST
R: 2.4 Mountain King UST
Local woods and trail centres
The much maligned Mountain King is actually very good on slippery rocks and roots. The Minion is ace but you do suffer the weight penalty if that sort of thing bothers you....
[i] marsdenman - Member
Fire XC pro's, as ever..... [/i]
crazy fool 😉 Do you get ANY traction in Marsden on XC Pros?
Pace 305
Maxxis ADvantage LUST 25psi F/30psi R
Sherwood Pines yesterday
It was a soup fest yesterday. I think there was probably less than half a mile of dry line in the whole place. I was pleasantly surprised just how well the ADvantage managed. Although I suspect the gloop was so slushy, any tyre would shed it well.
Santa Cruz Blur LT2
Currently Panaracer Trailraker 2.1 F+R for winter
Otherwise Panaracer Rampage 2.35, soft compound on front, standard on back
Riding: natural trails in Scottish highlands - lots of rock and fair amount of mud when wet
Opinion: Trailraker brilliant in current quagmire conditions. For summer was running Cinder 2.25's but swapped to Rampages late summer. Rampages have better grip, more volume and slightly better in mud, but Cinders seem a bit more resistant to pinch flats
Orange 5
F: 2.35 High Roller LUST
R: 2.35 High Roller LUST
Riding: None. Off after having a new collarbone surgically inserted. 🙁 They were ace in Northern Italy in late October though. 😀
Bike: Lapierre Zesty
Front tyre: Jones ACX 2.35
Rear tyre: Jones ACX 2.2
Type of riding: south/north downs
Your thoughts on said combo: They stay on all year round now
Maxxis Advantage 2.1, but still got a Nevegal 2.1 stick-E on the front of the FS.
I've lowered pressures recently to help with lower winter speeds and grip (F28,R32)
No real problems - everything is drifty-tastic whatever tyre ATM, which is quite fun at the lower speeds, terrifying at high speed though!
FRONT: Maxxis High Roller Supertacky on the front 2.35 IIRC
REAR: Bonty Mud X
Both ghetto tubeless.
Riding: Swinley and the Southern Chilterns.
Bike: Orange Five
Front: Kenda Blue Groove 2.35 Stick-E
Rear: Maxxis Advan 60a 2.25
Riding: Most things although a bias on south wales, rocky stuff
Thoughts on combo: Tough and reasonably light relative what they'll let you get away with. Not too fussed what's on the back but I clearly connect with the blue Groove tyre in a way that makes everything else feel crap. If it's seriously horrid mud, I'll ride elsewhere and let the place recover.
Bike:
Singular Swift
Santa Cruz Heckler (old style)
On-one 456
Front tyre:
29er Mountain king 2.4 (tubeless) / 29er Mountain King 2.2 (tubeless)
Maxxis ADvantage 2.25 60a Maxxpro (tubeless) F&R
Kenda Blue Groove Stick-E 2.1 / Kenda Nevegal DTC 2.1 (with tubes)
Type of riding:
Singlespeed all over the place (Mostly Hexhamshire common, Co. Durham, Chopwell woods)
Long, bumpy and angry stuff (Trail centres, Cheviots, Lakes, peaks, etc)
Short blasts on hilly stuff (Hexhamshire common)
Thoughts on said combo:
Good on soft terrain but come up narrow, crap with tubes, great without
Good all rounders, poor in clarty mud, fast rolling, carcass can be a bit fragile given the confidence they give you to get into trouble
Pinch flat-tastic if run at pressures where the tyre tread make sense, but light and grippy providing it isn't muddy.
Nomad
Front- Kenda Nevegal 2.35 Stick E
Rear- Maxxis Larsen TT 2.35 MaxxPro 60a
Riding- Natural forest singletrack trails that drain very well.
The Larsen isn't as bad in the mud as people make out, its certainly very entertaining when the going gets slippery and you can get all drifty on almost every corner, hours of fun.
iO SS - maxxis medusa 1.8 f/r.
riding - sloppy and rooty cotswolds or chilterns trails
ace in the wet, not great ion roots but ok, overall - rated
Altitude 120mm trail HT - Rubber Queen 2.2 f/r
general use bike - not used at mo locally but the tyres are great on all but mud
Flyer SS road - ultragators 25c - the only road tyre you need really.
Ellsworth ISIS
Ride the south all over all condidtions
Winter - Continental Vertical 2.3 both ends.
Summer - Continental Mountian King 2.4 both ends.
Work fine.
Bike: OrangeP7
Front tyre: Maxxis High Roller 2.35 Maxpro
Rear tyre: Maxxis Advantage 2.25 Maxpro
Type of riding: Just riding along, singletrack, the odd trail centre, that kind of thing
Your thoughts on said combo: Very good for most things and about as good a combo as I’ve used, a bit lively in the mud though.
Inbred
Front tyre: Kenda Nevegal 2.1
Rear tyre: Kenda Blue Groove 2.1
Type of riding: White peak cheeky stuff / Dark peak grit
Your thoughts on said combo: Work well in anything but deep mud. Pretty draggy on the road, superb grip on rocky climbs.
dmr exalt
bonty big earl wets
good for all but fast steep grassy off cambers.
hardtail - bonty mud 2.0
full sus - conti verticals 2.3 (maxxis crossmark in summer)
i use those tubes from halfords with slime in - seem ok
Bonty Jones ACX year-round. I don't ride enough to make it worth switching from season to season, and they offer the best compromise for the year's conditions
Giant XTC hardtail
F&R Panaracer Fire XC Pro 2.1, all year round
Trail centres, Peak bridleways, Cannock etc.
Good all rounders and reasonably light/durable, can't be bothered to mess around trying different ones or changing for the weather/season.
Bike: Kona SS
Front tyre: 1.95 trailraker
Rear tyre: 1.95 trailraker
Type of riding: Pootling in slop woods
Your thoughts on said combo: Pinbally on rock, shite on roots, unsurpassed in hub depth slop to either side of rocks n roots
Bike: Turner 5-spot
Front tyre: 2.35 60a Highroller
Rear tyre: 2.35 60a Highroller
Type of riding: Everything
Your thoughts on said combo: Just about deals with the slop, astoundingly amazing everywhere else. Draggy but still pondering a 42a for the front for gravity assisted funz.
Bike: Voodoo XC race bike
Front tyre: 1.95 exiwolfs tubeless or 2.1 Kenda Bluegroove supertacky
Rear tyre: 1.95 exiwolfs tubeless
Type of riding: XC/24hr racing
Your thoughts on said combo: Amazingly capable for a low profile, thin XC tyre. Used in slop to good effect until course dries out enough to engage afterburners. Kenda good for more trail giggles orientated rides, bigger volume, carves turns better, can honk on the brakes harder. Stupid thin sidewalls necessitates running it harder than I'd like to. Can roll over if you corner it too hard too. I only use it to wear it out, then I'll get a 70a HR for it.
Bike: Cannondale road race bike
Front tyre: Schwalbe Stelvio lights 23c
Rear tyre: Schwalbe Stelvio lights 23c
Type of riding: Road race and audax
Your thoughts on said combo: A bit thin and puncture prone for audax, but needs must. Awesome for road race and on the etape in July. Carves turns like a hot knife through butter, the harder you corner, the more grip they seem to give.
Bike: Commuter hack bike
Front tyre: Maxxis wormdrive 32c
Rear tyre: Conti city contact 32c non black chilli
Type of riding: Commuting!
Your thoughts on said combo: Wormdrives dependable, city contact frighteningly bad, moved from front becuase I kept loosing the front end in the damp. Tretcherous in properly wet conditions.
Bike: Commuter hack bike in CX guise
Front tyre: Conti Twister 32c or Conti Speed King 35cs
Rear tyre: Conti Twister 32c or Conti Speed King 35cs
Type of riding: CX
Your thoughts on said combo: Twisters are OK in a straight line, nervous otherwise, but dependable. Spped Kings utterly utterly useless. Grip is OK, but they're so slack they blow off the rims and destroy their own beads all THE DAMN time, v soft so wear out pronto (good riddance!)
Bike: Commuter SS hack bike
Front tyre: Vittoria rubino 25c
Rear tyre: Vittoria rubino 23c
Type of riding: Commuting!
Your thoughts on said combo: Reliable, not ace in corners, but dependable. Seem OK in puncture stakes, wear is good.
HTH
Bike: Yeti 575
Front tyre: 2.35 High Roller 60a
Rear tyre: 2.35 High Roller 60a
Type of riding: Various - Rocks, mud, roots
Your thoughts on said combo: Great Combo
Bike: Rock Lobster 853
Front tyre: 2.1 Nobby Nic
Rear tyre: 2.1 Panaracer XC Fire Pro
Type of riding: Various - Rocks, mud, roots
Your thoughts on said combo: Great Combo
conti speed kings... doing alright as well, though if I get chance I will be popping the swampthings on.. both makes in a 2.1
Bike: Giant XTC Composite 2006
Front tyre: Panaracer Fire XC Pro Kevlar 2.1 (RED)
Rear tyre: Panaracer Fire XC Pro Kevlar 2.1 (RED)
Type of riding: Scottish Trail Centres & natural XC
Your thoughts on said combo: I dont mind the Fire XCs, but I have just ordered some Nobby Nic 2.1's to go with my new light wheels. Wish me luck!!!!
High Roller 2.35 front
Advantage 2.10 rear.
Cos they're all Halfords have on a sunday night and i've fannied about.
Supported on luxurious wilkos toobs! Currently night riding xc.
2xschwalbe stelvios 700x23 (tubed)
2xbonty big earl wet 2.35 (tubeless)
1xmaxxis minion dhf 2.35 (ghetto)
1xmaxxis advantage 2.1 (tubed)