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At the moment I ride a hardtail geared mountain bike with a Specialized Chunder on the rear and a Specialized Enduro on the front.
They're big and heavy tyres - but I'm only around 55kg, so I like the extra grip they give me. I also love the puncture resistance of them - I ride Specialized tyres on all my bikes, and I get maybe 1 puncture every 400-500 miles.
However, I find these tyres are too big, and my mud clearance hardly exists. I'm thinking about going tubeless, so I can go for lighter, smaller, and faster rolling tyres, without having to worry about getting more punctures.
So heres my question - what tyres do you recommend for all year round use, that are tubeless compatible, and offer plenty of grip? I ride mostly xc and freeride, but I have been known to spend nights out with a load of singlespeed rigid frame crazy people who like to blast along mostly fireroad for 25 miles at a stupid pace (which is where I find the tyres I have now really are a drag...) I ride pretty much all terrain and conditions, and have been looking at continental mountain kings, but hear theyre no good in wet stuff.
nobby nics
You ride with them? What sizes do you use? And know anything cheaper? £84.00 is a bit much for two tyres..
bonty mud x
Nobby Nic 2.25
[url= http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1352&categoryId=153 ]£59 for 2 at Merlin Cycles[/url]
Bonty Mud X again for me too.... although I have got Bonty Jones ACX 2.2 on the bike at the mo. Similar tread pattern but wider and not as good at shedding mud
high rrolers
generally use 2.25, had 2.1's as well for racing.
find them quite fast (as fast as needed for general riding anyway) plenty grippy, and quite good in mud too.
get em from actionsports.de or the other one, bike24.de (i think) works out to around 50 quid the pair.
Can anyone tell me which are the best out of the following:
High Rollers, Ignitors, Nics, Cinders, XC Pros, Rampages, Nevegals, Blue Grooves and Mountain Kings.
And do any of them wear out quickly?
2.35 Highrollers, supertacky front with 60a rear, heaps of grip!