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Hi all, my boardman mtb has mountain king II tyres but I was slipping on roots and gravel a lot at the weekend, can you recommend good alternatives - i prefer grip to speed.
Prefer not more thwb £30 each.
Thanks
Stonehenge
Don't think wheel size is relevant!
Try Magic Mary or Maxxis Shorty, High Roller2 or Minion in a softish compound.
tubeless?
http://www.freeborn.co.uk/specialized-purgatory-control-2bliss-tyre-2015
or for proper muddy
http://www.freeborn.co.uk/specialized-butcher-control-tyre-2014-16136
for great value tyres, try chunky monkeys from on one, £15 and made by Maxxis, i like them on mine!
I just went to Butcher/Purgatory from Minion/Ardent and am liking it so far. The Butcher is a bit better than the old Minion and the Purgatory is a bit 'different' to the Ardent (possibly better overall).
For one thing, I'd go used, lots of good condition 26er tyres out there now with people [s]upgrading [/s] changing wheelsize.
Hard to say what you need though, if they're OE spec mountain kings there's a fair chance they're absolutely terrible... So you could get a massive upgrade easily. But if they're quality mountain kings, they're actually alright.
You'll never go too far wrong with a pair of highroller 2.35s tbh. Supertacky or 3C on the front, 60a (maxxpro) on the back. Never the best, never the worst, just sensible allrounders that'll do a bit of anything.
Big fan of a chunky monkey on the front, dual compound trail extreme for £15
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/TYOOCM26X24/on-one-chunky-monkey-26x24-tyre
and a Smorgasbord on the back, again dual compound trail extreme for £15
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/TYOOSM26X225/on-one-smorgasbord-26x225-tyre
Not the lightest but very grippy.
Ooh look there's some reasonably priced, lightly used 26in tyres on the classifieds right now.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-26-tyres-for-all-mountain-enduroing